Holbein Silk Damask

Holbein Silk DamaskThis luscious leafy design has an abundant history, including a host of royal patrons. An early version is found in Charles Le Brun's tapestry The Baptism of Louis XIV, woven by the Gobelins factories in 1630. Another iteration of the design was seen by G. F. Bodley during a restoration project in the Duke's Closet in Ham House, England. At this time, the design was named 'Dysart' after the Earl of Dysart, who commissioned the work at Ham House. The

been very difficult to acquire truly Latin shaped vestments: the shape used in Rome for well over 200 years and maintained by tradition in places such as the English Oratories and Westminster Cathedral

The orphreys are edged with Coronation Red 'Diamond & Lay' braid

Chapel with Red Cross Pattée - 9" x 13" (23cm x 34cm)

1849 for the redecoration of the royal apartments in the Palace of Westminster

Every stole uses a custom silk fabric that celebrates the 200th anniversary of VTS

also based on a Pugin design

The exclusive design of the fabric marries the tracery of Gothic ogee patterns and royal fleur de lys

The air of nobility of our 'Van der Weyden' lends itself to a wide range of uses

Supplied in Watts & Co

Also available as a Low Mass Set or a High Mass Set

The pattern can also be seen in the work of the medieval painter Carlo Crivelli

This complex and bold design was created by Augustus Pugin around 1845