Pair of Arts and Crafts Hand Painted Ecclesiastical Appliqués: Mid 1920s European antique textile or perhaps covering a book

or perhaps covering a book the embroidery had the remains of glue all around the outer edges which has been professionaly removed

Piccadilly’ (London) which suggests it was never used

with crocheted panels at the top and bottom

Measurements: 234cm (L)  x  268cm (W)

Possibly made as part of a set of bedhangings

Pair of Arts and Crafts Hand Painted Ecclesiastical Appliqués: Mid 1920s European antique textile or perhaps covering a bookA pair of hand painted Arts and Crafts ecclesiastical appliqus dating from around 1925. Hand painted onto silk satin and then embroidered with applied gold thread work. The work is beautifully executed and they are in such excellent condition they look as though they have never been used. Probably made to be sewn onto a chasuble or banner, they are European, possibly French. Both images are of Christ. The second is an image of Christ the King a