Plate XCVI · Stoffe
Vol. XI (1953) · full-page plateAbove left: CHASUBLE OF PAUL V (1605-21) in purple damask brocaded with gold - Museo Sacro Vaticano. Above right: CHASUBLE OF URBAN VIII (1623-44) in green-yellow damask fabric with purple embroidery - Museo Sacro Vaticano. Below left: FABRIC WITH THE POMEGRANATE. Detail of an antependium of the 2nd half of the 16th cent. Siena, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo. Below right: VENETIAN VELVET. At the centre of each flower the Medici emblem (15th cent.) - Florence, Museo nazionale, Franchetti collection.



