Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present dayA handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers . ishorphreys closely resemble the painted wooden triptychsof the Gothic period, which abound in the churchesand museums of Belgium. Others again have all thecharacter of old ecclesiastical stained glass windows. The finest set of sacerdotal robes of this style is tobe seen in the Ambras collection at Vienna. It consistsof a chasuble, two dalmatics, three copes, and two antependiums. The figures upon them are embroideredin silks of many colour
Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present dayA handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers . ishorphreys closely resemble the painted wooden triptychsof the Gothic period, which abound in the churchesand museums of Belgium. Others again have all thecharacter of old ecclesiastical stained glass windows. The finest set of sacerdotal robes of this style is tobe seen in the Ambras collection at Vienna. It consistsof a chasuble, two dalmatics, three copes, and two antependiums. The figures upon them are embroideredin silks of many colours upon cloth of gold, fromdesigns by the brothers Van Eyck or their surround the saints, whose crowns and nimbiglisten with precious stones. It is said that thesemagnificent vestments were used at the first chapter ofthe Golden Fleece held by Philip the Good on the 10thJanuary, The sumptuous embroideries which belonged toCharles the Bold, son of Philip the Good, may no * M. Biais, Les Broderics anciennes a VExposition de Elements d Archeologie, by Reusens, vol. ii., p. 475. THE CRUSADES TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 93. doubt be attributed to Flemish art. They were taken 94 I. EMBROIDERY. by the Swiss on the 3rd March, 1476, at the battleof Gransons, in regard to which Philip de Comineswrites, they seized his camp and cannon, and allthe tents and pavilions belonging to him and his retinuewhich was very numerous, and took possession of allthe belongings of the said duke. Du Sommerard has published the more notable ofthe stuffs and embroidered standards captured at thisvictory, and now preserved at Berne ; some in thecathedral, others in the museum. Amongst the fourhundred pieces of silk, velvet, and tapestries is tobe found the Duke of Burgundys yellow velvet hat,with a diamond porte aigrette, whence sprang a sheafof plumes and pearls. The larger of the diamondswas the famous Sancy diamond, the largest inChristendom, says Comines, and quoted at the pr
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