Description
Two covers of large tiles or cushions in velvet and gold embroidery, Italy or Spain, second half of the 16th century. Crimson velvet decorated with panels of dalmatic orphreys flanked by elegant gold embroidered braids, with scrolls and Medici vase embroidered in silk couchure, thread and gold blade. Passementerie plush silk all around (reuse of orphreys of dalmatic similar to lot No. 2, wear of the velvet background). Dim: 73 x 91 cm each
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Two covers of large tiles or cushions in velvet and gold embroidery, Italy or Spain, second half of the 16th century. Crimson velvet decorated with panels of dalmatic orphreys flanked by elegant gold embroidered braids, with scrolls and Medici vase embroidered in silk couchure, thread and gold blade. Passementerie plush silk all around (reuse of orphreys of dalmatic similar to lot No. 2, wear of the velvet background). Dim: 73 x 91 cm each
