Early Ecclesiastical Appliqué Embroidery : C16th Europe silk velvet An early 16th century embroidered

An early 16th century embroidered panel with a central figure (saint

These wonderful collectable textiles from Central Asia were traditionally made as dowry hangings and were made as part of a brides trousseau

where it hasn’t been embroidered you can still see the pencil drawn motifs which were drawn by the designer ready to be embroidered

An extraordinary wall hanging with museum worthy fine silk embroidery

Early Ecclesiastical Appliqué Embroidery : C16th Europe silk velvet An early 16th century embroideredAn early 16th century embroidered panel with a central figure (saint?) and angels. The figures have been embroidered, padded with layers of card or paper and then appliqud onto the red silk figured velvet. The angels faces have been painted as was common at this time. During its history the central, red velvet part has been applied to the pale cream silk velvet backing at a later date, C17th century with tent stitch embroidered corners, billion work