OF THE COLLECTION OF CHURCH VESTMENTS, DRESSES, SILK STUFFS, NEEDLEWORK, AND TAPESTRIES IN THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. [Illustration] [Illustration] CONTENTS OF THE BOOK. _Part the First._ Page CHURCH-VESTMENTS, SILK-STUFFS, NEEDLEWORK AND DRESSES 1 _Part the Second._ TAPESTRY 294 _The Brooke Collection._ NEEDLEWORK AND DRESSES 312 _Lent by Her Majesty, and by the Board of Works._ TAPESTRY 324 INDEX I. Alphabetical 339 INDEX II. Geography of Textiles 355 [Illustration] ILLUSTRATIONS. No. Page 84. HOOD OF A COPE. Embroidered (Coloured plate). _Flemish, 16th century_ _Frontispiece_ 3 1269. SILK AND GOLD DAMASK. _Sicilian, 14th century_ 37 1362. SILK DAMASK. (Coloured plate.) _North Italian, 16th century_ 74 1376. PART OF THE ORPHREY OF A CHASUBLE. _German, 15th century_ 82 1376. PART OF THE ORPHREY OF THE SAME CHASUBLE. _German, 15th century_ 82 4068. STRIP OF RAISED VELVET. (Coloured plate.) _North Italian, 16th century_ 90 7004. SILK DAMASK. _Italian, late 16th century_ 113 7039. SILK DAMASK. _Byzantine, 14th century_ 123 7043. SILK DAMASK. _Sicilian, 15th century_ 125 7795. SILK DAMASK (BACK OF A BURSE). _Italian, 16th century_ 145 8264. SILK AND GOLD TISSUE. _Sicilian, early 14th century_ 166 8265. LINEN AND SILK TEXTILE. _Spanish, late 14th century_ 166 8331. LACE EMBROIDERY. _Milanese, late 16th century_ 197 8605. SILK DAMASK. _Italian, 14th century_ 230 8607. SILK DAMASK. _Sicilian, 14th century_ 231 8626. SILK DAMASK. _Italian, end of 14th century_ 239 8667. SILK AND GOLD EMBROIDERY. PORTION OF AN ORPHREY. (Coloured plate.) _German, 15th century_ 252 8702. SILK AND LINEN DAMASK. _Florentine, 16th century_ 264 8704. PART OF THE ORPHREY OF A CHASUBLE. _Flemish, very late 15th century_ 264 9182. PART OF THE ORPHREY OF THE SYON MONASTERY COPE. _English, 13th century_ 275 [Illustration] [Illustration] PART THE FIRST. _Church-vestments, Silk-stuffs, Needlework, and Dresses._ 64. Chinese Mandarin’s Tunic of Ceremony embroidered in various coloured flos-silks and gold upon an orange-red satin. Chinese. 4 feet high by 6 feet round, modern.