Caption

Velum, church paraments, flowers, leaves, plant ornaments, sacred art, churches and chapels furnishings. Velum made of linen batiste embroidered along the edges with gold metal thread in a floral tendril pattern, trimmed with narrow gold bobbin lace. In the center of each edge is the IHS monogram with a cross. 19th century, Germany, liturgical parament, height 42 cm, width 41 cm., A square cloth with a pale off-white center and a decorative border in a muted gold tone, showing a scalloped edge and a repeating floral or leaf motif in the gold thread; the fabric surface is slightly wrinkled with faint shading variations and a few small darker spots; a small diamond-shaped paper or tag lies near one corner on top of the cloth; the background behind the cloth is a smooth gradient of light gray to medium gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_030

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Rights managed

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95.4Mb (6.7Mb) / 20.0in x 18.5in / 6000 x 5558 (300dpi)

Keywords

Velum church paraments flowers leaves plant ornaments sacred art churches chapels furnishings linen batiste embroidered edges gold metal thread floral tendril pattern trimmed narrow gold bobbin lace center edge IHS monogram cross 19th century Germany liturgical parament height 42 cm width 41 cm square cloth pale off-white center decorative border muted gold tone showing scalloped edge repeating floral leaf motif gold thread fabric surface slightly wrinkled faint shading variations small darker spots small diamond-shaped paper tag lies near corner top cloth background smooth gradient light gray medium gray.