1330.
Frontlet to an Altar-cloth; ground, diapered white linen; design, embroidery of two large flower-bearing trees, with an uncharged shield between them, and under them inscriptions. German, 16th century. 15-3/4 inches by 5 inches.
So very like the piece No. 8864 that it would seem to have been
wrought by the same hand. To the left we read—"Spes unica, stabat
mater;" to the right—"Mater dolorosa juxta crucem," &c.
1331.
Web for Orphreys; ground, crimson silk; design, two boughs with leaves and flowers twined in an oval form, all in gold thread. German, late 15th century. 10 inches by 4-1/4 inches.
Graceful in its design, but poor in both its silk and gold, the latter
having become almost black.
1332.
Piece of Raised Velvet, brocaded in gold; ground, dark blue; design, a diapering in cut velvet on the blue ground, and large leaves and small artichokes in gold. Italian, early 16th century. 16-1/2 inches by 15-3/4 inches.
This nicely diapered velvet, of a good pile and sprinkled with a gold
brocade, may have been wrought either at Lucca or Genoa. Unfortunately,
the gold thread was of an inferior quality.
1333.
Silk and Gold Damask; ground, crimson silk; design, broad garlands twined into a net-work, the almost round meshes of which are filled in with a conventional artichoke wreathed with corn-flowers, all in pure good gold,
