18th Century Chinese silk embroidered ecclesiastical Chasuble, cushions with a cherub Voided Olive Green silk velvet

Voided Olive Green silk velvet showing the Ferronerie pattern

Antique silk brocade to reverse

English Circa 1500

Pineapples were widely cultivated in the Philippines since the 17th century for weaving lustrous lace-like luxury textiles known as nipis fabric

SIZE 27 inches x 2

18th Century Chinese silk embroidered ecclesiastical Chasuble, cushions with a cherub Voided Olive Green silk velvetA CHASUBLE OF IVORY SATIN Second quarter 18th Century The Couture Point de Chainette silk satin ground, hand embroidered for the European market in China circa 1750 The Chinese needlework in coloured silks with scrolling stylised roses, carnations and other flowers ,The orphrey panels of ivory French Lyon silk brocaded in coloured silks and silver metal threads with large scale stylised flowers, trees and feathery foliage Complete with matching stole