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Chasuble of green velvet with a lining of silver brocade, on which a cardinal's coat of arms is embroidered in relief with gold thread and colored silk
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Chasuble of green velvet with a lining of silver brocade, on which a cardinal's coat of arms is embroidered in relief with gold thread and colored silk

anonymous · c. 1666 - c. 1720 · embroidering; cutting; weaving; tanned; wood (plant material); velvet (fabric weave); goatskin; silver thread; zilverbrokaat; gold thread; vloszijde

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Purse of green velvet with a base of silver brocade on which a cardinal's coat of arms is embroidered in relief with gold thread and colored silk. Model: flat round base with a wavy raised rim around it provided with holes through which a cord of green and silver braided silk is drawn - ending in a knob with wooden core wrapped with metal thread and an open knitting of metal thread - is drawn. On two sides on the outside knobs - just like those on the cord - are attached. Lined with goatskin. Decoration: the 20 protrusions or 'ribs' are decorated with stacked ornaments consisting of lobed drops, wings and three-leaf. Just below the holes runs a horizontal line of silver thread. Along the top the whole is edged with a passement of silver thread (mostly worn). The base is circled with a double border within which a zigzag line of silver thread.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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speelbeursParis
Credit lineSpeelbeurs van groen fluweel met een bodem van zilverbrokaat waarop met gouddraad en kleurige zijde in reliëf een kardinaalswapen is geborduurd. c. 1666 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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