third and broader one a pattern in shades of purple—all on a light yellow ground; at the ends of the quilt hangs a long party-coloured fringe of linen thread; the lining of it is fine Chinese silk of a bright amber, figured with sprigs of crimson flowers, shaded yellow and white. Genoese, 17th century. 5 feet 11 inches by 3 feet 10-1/2 inches.
627.
Quilt for a Bed; ground, brown canvas; pattern, all embroidered scales or scollops jagged like a saw, and overlapping each other in lines, some blue and green shaded white or yellow, some amber. The border is a broad scroll of large flowers, among which one at each corner, the fleur-de-lis, is conspicuous. This again has a scollop edging of flowers separated by what seem two Cs interlaced. French, 17th century. 7 feet 8 inches by 5 feet 8 inches.
673.
Chasuble of green silk, figured with animals and scrolls in gold, with an embroidered orphrey at back, and a plain orphrey in front. Sicilian, early 13th century. 3 feet 9-3/4 inches by 2 feet 2 inches.
This very valuable chasuble is very important for the beauty of its
stuff; but by no means to be taken as a sample in width of the fine old
majestic garment of that name, as it has been sadly cut down from its
former large shape, and that, too, at no very distant period. Though now
almost blue, its original colour was green. The warp is cotton, the woof
silk, and that somewhat sparingly put in; the design showing heraldic
animals, amid gracefully twining branches all in gold and woven, is remarkably
good and free. The front piece is closely resembling the back,
but, on a near and keen examination, may be found to differ in its
design from the part behind; on this we see that it must have consisted
of a lioncel passant gardant, langued, and a griffin; on that on the part
in front, a lioncel passant, and a lioncel passant regardant. When the
