SILK & GILT EMBROIDERED CHALICE VEIL, SPAIN, 17TH C

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  • Lot: 235
  • April 16th, 2025 - Brooklyn Museum Textiles & Designer Couture Sale
  • Bellows Falls, Vermont
Chalice veil of pale pink silk embroidered in polychrome silk & couched gold threads, central motif depicting white dove surrounded by cherubs, flowers, oval foliate reserves w/ scenes from the life of Christ, applied border of gold bobbin lace, lined in light brown silk, 24.75” x 23.75”, (heavy shatter, tiny-0.75” attempted repairs, light discoloration, several pulls, some tarnish to metal threads) Fair. Provenance: Brooklyn Museum.

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  • Price Realized: $ 1437.5
  • Category: Textiles
  • Era: Ancient

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