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Chasuble of wine-red velvet, embroidered in silver thread and green silk with gold and silver foil, with a monstrance between a bunch of grapes and an ear of corn
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Chasuble of wine-red velvet, embroidered in silver thread and green silk with gold and silver foil, with a monstrance between a bunch of grapes and an ear of corn

anonymous · c. 1680 - c. 1720 · trekken; embroidering; die cutting; weaving; silver leaf; velvet (fabric weave); cantille; silver thread; gold thread; gold leaf; silk; vloszijde

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Purse of wine-red velvet, embroidered in silver thread and green silk with gold and silver foil, with a monstrance between a bunch of grapes and an ear of corn. Model: flat round base with a wavy raised rim around it provided with holes through which a cord of red braided silk is drawn - ending in a tassel wrapped with silver thread and red silk with round silver discs and a tassel - attached. On both sides a loop of braided red silk to facilitate closing. Besides a drawstring, this purse also has a handle consisting of the same braided red silk cord but with a larger tassel with a tassel. Lined with red silk. Decoration: the 23 protrusions or ribs are decorated with a stacked ornament consisting (from bottom to top) of: a drop, a double heart, a drop, a double heart, a heart. These forms are built up from a border of twisted silver cannetille and silver and gilded silver foil.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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speelbeurs
Credit lineSpeelbeurs van wijnrood fluweel, geborduurd in zilverdraad en groene zijde met goud- en zilverfolie, met een monstrans tussen druiventros en korenaar. c. 1680 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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