728.
Piece of Silk Damask; ground, bright yellow silk ribbed; pattern, white plumes twined with brown ribbons, and bunches of white flowers. Lucca, 17th century. 8 feet 10 inches by 7 feet.
Of rich material and wrought for household use.
729.
Door-curtain of yellow silk damask; pattern, strap-work and conventional foliage. Italian, 17th century. 7 feet 2 inches by 5 feet.
A bold design, and wrought in a good material.
730.
Cope of brocaded silk; ground, orange-red; pattern, foliage, and bunches of flowers amid white garlands, in coloured silks. French, 18th century. 10 feet 10 inches by 5 feet 6 inches.
The hood and morse are of the same stuff, which was evidently
meant to be for secular, not liturgical, use.
731.
Door-curtain of crimson damask silk; pattern, a large broad conventional floriation. Italian, 17th century. 10 feet by 8 feet 10 inches.
732.
Curtain of pale sea-green damask; pattern, large leaves and flowers. Italian. 17 feet 8 inches by 13 feet 7 inches.
The satiny ground throws up the design in its dull tone extremely
well; and the whole is edged with a border of narrow pale yellow lace,
figured with small green sprigs.
