Pair Fine Hand Embroidered Crewelwork Fragments: C18th English prop film and television The chasuble is lined in

The chasuble is lined in a mauve cotton sateen which contrast beautifully with the yellow lamé

Made from a French toile in the Indienne style and covered with exotic birds and serpents with Paisley motifs all in the style Indienne which was inspired by the craze throughout the 17th and 18th centuries for the beautiful hand painted and wood blocked fabrics imported from India and the Far East

Made in the 1970s

In good antique condition with some flaws and marks

bordered by intricate

Pair Fine Hand Embroidered Crewelwork Fragments: C18th English prop film and television The chasuble is lined inItem Details. A pair of fine crewelwork embroidered fragments worked in various brightly coloured wools onto the original cotton twill ground which look like they are from pockets (probably made up into a garment at a later date?) The embroidery dates from the 18th century circa. 1705 1720 English,and is worked in worsted wools with florals and foliage with sinuous branches, trailing tendrils, rosebuds and carnations. The pattern on the pieces echo