Chalice Veil
1600-1625 (made)
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Chalice veil made of slate-blue silk embroidered with silver and silver-gilt thread and cord, and with polychrome silks in laid and couched work, long and short and satin stitches. It has a little padded work.
The edges are trimmed with vandykes of silver-gilt bobbin lace.
In the centre is the Holy Monogram, a cross and what looks like three nails, surrounded by a rayed sun. The remaining ground is filled with a symmetrical strapwork design of broad gold lines which form oval, heart-shaped and diamond-shaped compartments. Floral sprigs develop from the centres and intersections of the lines to fill the interspaces.
The edges are trimmed with vandykes of silver-gilt bobbin lace.
In the centre is the Holy Monogram, a cross and what looks like three nails, surrounded by a rayed sun. The remaining ground is filled with a symmetrical strapwork design of broad gold lines which form oval, heart-shaped and diamond-shaped compartments. Floral sprigs develop from the centres and intersections of the lines to fill the interspaces.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered silk and bobbin lace |
| Brief description | Embroidered chalice veil, made in Italy, 1600-1625 |
| Physical description | Chalice veil made of slate-blue silk embroidered with silver and silver-gilt thread and cord, and with polychrome silks in laid and couched work, long and short and satin stitches. It has a little padded work. The edges are trimmed with vandykes of silver-gilt bobbin lace. In the centre is the Holy Monogram, a cross and what looks like three nails, surrounded by a rayed sun. The remaining ground is filled with a symmetrical strapwork design of broad gold lines which form oval, heart-shaped and diamond-shaped compartments. Floral sprigs develop from the centres and intersections of the lines to fill the interspaces. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'I.H.S.' (In the monogram.) |
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| Accession number | T.103-1971 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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