7013.
Silk Damask; ground, crimson; pattern, a large artichoke flower bearing, in the middle, a fleur-de-lis. Genoese, late 16th century.
The design in the pattern is rather singular; and may have been
meant for some noble, if not royal French family, connected with a
house of the same pretensions in Spain.
7014.
Silk Brocade; ground, dull purple silk; pattern, flowers in gold, partially relieved in white silk. Spanish, late 16th century. 10 inches by 6 inches.
The flowers are mostly after a conventional form, though traces of
the pomegranate may be seen; the gold thread is thin and scantily employed,
and always along with broad yellow silk. With somewhat
poor materials, a stuff rather effective in design is brought out.
7015.
Silk Web, on linen warp; ground, deep crimson; pattern, a quatrefoil with flowers at the tips of the barbs or angles at the corners, in gold thread, and filled in with a four-petaled flower in gold upon a green ground. German, 15th century. 14-1/2 inches by 4-1/2 inches.
Intended as orphreys of a narrow form; but made of poor materials,
for the gold is so scant that it has almost entirely disappeared.
7016.
End of a Maniple; pattern, lozenges, green charged with a yellow cross, and red charged with a white cross of web; the end, linen embroidered with a saint holding a scroll, and fringed with long strips of flos-silk, green blue white and crimson. German, early 15th century. 15-1/2 inches by 3 inches.
