Embroidered chalice veil, mid 17th century, gros de Tours cream, virtuoso embroidery in polychrome silk, mainly in shaded past tones and in filé and cannetille in couchure and guipure. Decorated with a central compartment adorned with a floral cross towards which scrolls and bouquets of roses, tulips, poppies and other flowers converge on the border. Briefly framed, (accidents and frailties), 63 x 61 cm.