Fleur de Lys Brocade

Fleur de Lys BrocadeWatts & Co.'s 'Fleur De Lys', designed and much beloved by Augustus Pugin, presents a simple, repeating pattern of the stylised lily. This motif has long been associated with the French crown and is a common heraldic ornament, denoting royalty and a noble house. One legend identified it as the lily given by the Virgin Mary to Clovis, King of the Franks at his baptism in AD 508 (or 496). When Charlemagne was crowned emperor in AD 800, Pope Leo III is

and is fully lined with a Putty Silk Taffeta

It is lined with a black cotton sateen lining

The cope is trimmed with a gold rayon cope tassel

along with a Marian version with a Blue & Gold Trellis orphrey

and each corner of the mensa

and the neckline trimmed with matching small cord

Height: 9"

It also features a Quatrefoil embroidery at the intersection of the 'Y' orphrey at the back of the chasuble with Comper Purple braid and cord trim at the neck and hem

Sold with a matching Gothic-style stole

tapering to 2" / 7cm at the neck

A Semi-Gothic Chasuble with matching stole and Abbey-style cope

Also available as a High Mass Set