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 1351A.

Piece of Raised Velvet. A part of the same stuff. Italian, 16th century. 9-3/4 inches by 1-3/4 by inches.

1351B.

Piece of Raised Velvet. A part of the same stuff. Italian, 16th century. 12-1/2 inches by 1-3/4 inches.

These three pieces are portions of a material made of excellent rich silk, and of good tones in colour.

1352.

Piece of Raised Velvet, brocaded in gold; ground, crimson; design, an oval with cusps inside and enclosing a large artichoke, the whole wreathed with a garland, and in gold. Italian, 16th century. 2 feet 3-3/4 inches by 8-1/4 inches.

This magnificent stuff is rendered still more valuable, as a specimen, from having much of its design of that rare kind of velvet upon velvet, or one pile put over, in design, another but lower pile. The state-*rooms of a palace could alone have been hung with such sumptuous wall-coverings. Perhaps church vestments and hangings about the altar may have been sometimes made of such a heavy material.

1352A.

Piece of Raised Velvet, brocaded in gold; ground, crimson; design, a cusped oval enclosing a conventional artichoke, and the whole wreathed with a broad garland, all in gold. Italian, 16th century. 18 inches by 7 inches.

This differs both in design and quality from the former, having no pile upon pile in it.