Sold for:
$400
$400
French, likely 17th century. A vertically oriented hand woven and embroidered Renaissance silk fragment, likely from a chasuble, with a central heraldic crest with an eagle or phoenix on one side and blue and yellow horizontal stripes on the other, set on red velvet, with three urns, each encircled by scrolled foliates and leaves with metallic threads, with a later metallic threaded brocade border and fleur-de-lis corners, applied to a red velvet background with a foliated brocade border. Apparently unmarked. Approximate height 75.5", width 52".
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2016-08-27
