7024.
Embroidery, in coloured silks upon fine linen damask. Flemish, 16th century. 10 inches by 2-1/2 inches.
The fine linen upon which the embroidery is done, is diapered with
a lozenge pattern: on one side of a large flower-bearing tree are the
words:—"Jhesu Xpi," and the other, "O crux Ave," on each side of
the tree is a shield unemblazoned but surrounded by a garland of flowers.
Most likely this piece served to cover the top of the devotional table in
a lady's bed-room.
7025.
Embroidery, in coloured silks upon white linen; pattern, symbols of the Passion, flowers, and birds, with saints' names. German, 17th century. 20-1/2 inches by 6 inches.
Within a green circle, overshadowed on four sides by stems bearing
flowers, stands a low column with ropes about it and a scourge at one
side, and divided by it is the word Martinus, in red silk; amid the
flower-bearing wide-spread branches of a tree are the names Ursula,
Augustinus; within another circle like the first we see the cross with
the sponge at the end of a reed, and the lance, having the name
of Barbara in blue and crimson; and, last of all, another tree with
the names Laurentius—Katerina. It is edged with a border of roses
and daisies, and has a parti-coloured silk fringe. No doubt this
piece served as the ornament of a lady's praying-desk in her private
room, and bore the names of those for whom she wished more especially
to pray.
7026.
Orphrey of Web; ground, gold; pattern, two stems intertwined and bearing leaves and flowers, in crimson silk. German, 15th century. 9 inches by 2-1/2 inches.
