ILLUSTRATIONS.

No.Page
84.[ Hood of a Cope. Embroidered (Coloured plate). Flemish, 16th century Frontispiece]3
1269.[ Silk and Gold Damask. Sicilian, 14th century]37
1362.[ Silk Damask. (Coloured plate.) North Italian, 16th century]74
1376.[ Part of the Orphrey of a Chasuble. German, 15th century]82
1376.[ Part of the Orphrey of the same Chasuble. German, 15th century]82
4068.[ Strip of Raised Velvet. (Coloured plate.) North Italian, 16th century]90
7004.[ Silk Damask. Italian, late 16th century]113
7039.[ Silk Damask. Byzantine, 14th century]123
7043.[ Silk Damask. Sicilian, 15th century]125
7795.[ Silk Damask (Back of a Burse). Italian, 16th century]145
8264.[ Silk and Gold Tissue. Sicilian, early 14th century]166
8265.[ Linen and Silk Textile. Spanish, late 14th century]166
8331.[ Lace Embroidery. Milanese, late 16th century]197
8605.[ Silk Damask. Italian, 14th century]230
8607.[ Silk Damask. Sicilian, 14th century]231
8626.[ Silk Damask. Italian, end of 14th century]239
8667.[ Silk and Gold Embroidery. Portion of an Orphrey. (Coloured plate.) German, 15th century]252
8702.[ Silk and Linen Damask. Florentine, 16th century]264
8704.[ Part of the Orphrey of a Chasuble. Flemish, very late 15th century]264
9182.[ Part of the Orphrey of the Syon Monastery Cope. English, 13th century]275

PART THE FIRST.
Church-vestments, Silk-stuffs, Needlework, and Dresses.

64.

Chinese Mandarin’s Tunic of Ceremony embroidered in various coloured flos-silks and gold upon an orange-red satin. Chinese. 4 feet high by 6 feet round, modern.

Sprawling all in gold and lively colours, both before and behind, upon this rich garment of state, is figured, with all its hideousness, the imperial five-clawed dragon, before which, according to the royal fancies of that land, the lion turns pale and the tiger is struck with dumbness. In the ornamentation the light blue quantity of silk is very conspicuous, more especially upon the broad lower hem of this robe.