A FINE 18TH CENTURY FRENCH SILK, GOLD AND SILVER THREAD CHASUBLE PANEL CIRCA 1730-40 the ecclesiastical vestment with white woven silk ground backed with canvas and mounted on a coral pink silk lining, embellished with embroidery of Rococo style scrolls, foliage and trellis work worked in gold and silver thread, applied in techniques of couching and laidwork to create different textures, with flowers including roses, carnations, violets, pansies and tulips, worked in coloured silks in shaded long and short stitch, paillettes (gold sequins) feature in the lower section of the design, with a border of two laid gold threads, 98cm high x 63cm wide