Chasuble in alto basso red silk velvet decorated with large - Lot 75

Chasuble in alto basso red silk velvet decorated with large poly-lobed leaves centered on a cinquefoil and wreaths, bands of orphreys embroidered with gold and silk thread in the form of crosses on the front depicting saints in mid-bust or standing beneath three-lobed pinnacled and domed architecture: on the front, Christ between two saints, Saint Simon and Saint Ambrose; on the reverse, Saint John, Saint Peter, Saint Philip and Saint Paul. Velvet: Venice, 15th century Embroidery: Italy, late 15th/early 16th century H. 112 cm - L. 72.5 cm Collection number 81, old label B12 plate n°17 Old label Ref.1/3 15463 (some accidents and wear, traces of alterations) Book consulted : - M-A Privat-Savigny, Au temps de Laurent le Magnifique, tissus italiens de la Renaissance, 2008, p.58, cat.48 and 49.