This type of lace was very fashionable in the mid- to late seventeenth century and would have been very expensive. The chasuble and accompanying chalice veil (acc. no. 746-1870), maniple (acc. no. 745-1870) and stole (acc. no. 744-1870) were purchased by the museum from the London lace dealers, A. Blackborne & Co., in 1870.
V&A online catalogue (retrieved 16 April 2016).
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