Holy Shroud of Besançon Throw stitch embroidery, chenille and cannetilles. Painted on silk. Decorated with polychrome floral garlands on silk and the rare iconography not showing the ecclesiastical classics but Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathea, Mary Salome, Mary of Cleophas in front of the Shroud. 18thᵉ century H. 34.5 cm - L. 51 cm Ref: "Aux fils du temps, tableaux en broderie aux XVIIème, XVIIIème et XIXème siècles", Chantal and Dominique Dekester, 2008, page 95