Beschreibung:

Chasuble. A brocade chasuble, Continental, late 18th/early 19th century, hand-stitched brocade vestment with woven vertical flower and ribbon pattern, in yellow, pink, and white, on a green ground, front a little faded in one or two places, with gold metalled braid edging, padded with hessian, and lined with pale turquoise silk, lining worn, and sometime partly replaced with a thicker brown fabric, length 104 cm (41 in), together with eight other items, including: a 19th century Chinese embroidered bedspread, hand-worked on crimson satin, with all-over large floral sprays, using silk threads in shades of purple, green, cream, and brown, utilising satin stitch, French knots, and stem stitch, one longitudinal join, fringed edging, hems machine-stitched, some marks, 228.5 x 155 cm (90 x 61 in); a large piece of early damask, with a hexagon pattern of flowers in an urn, composed of a large and smaller piece, sometime stitched together by machine to form a cloak, length 142 cm (56 in), width of hem 770 cm (303 in); two matching strips of early hand-embroidery depicting flowers and butterflies, probably 18th century, edged with braid and backed with pink satin (hems machine-stitched), some loss of silk threads,104 x 11 cm (41 x 4.5 in) and slightly longer; a large woven brightly-coloured Indian bedspread, some wear, 272 x 222 cm (107 x 87.5 in); and several pieces of beetle wing embroidery, comprising five matching strips on muslin, incorporating gold coloured and metalled threads, 123 x 11.5 cm (48.5 x 4.5 in) and smaller, and a muslin panel with two strips of beetle wings incorporating silver metalled threads, 45 x 38 cm (17.75 x 15 in), latter stitch-mounted on black tissue-covered thick paper, occasional damage to wings/embroidery (Qty: 9)