18th C Italian Embroidery Mounted Chalice Veil

18th century Italian Chalice veil. Exquisite embroidery on white silk ground, using fine silver metal threads and purl with intricate silk embroidery floral accents. Floral sprays radiate towards center from the corners. Pairs of Dolphins faces worked in fine silver metal threads with scales in silver threads alternating with pale blue silk, above Crown Imperial Fritillaria in green silk and silver metal, located at the center bottom edge all four sides. The silver metal embroidery is worked in many different patterns with amazing detail, accented with beads of amber. Edged with fine silver metallic torchon lace trim.

Condition is wonderful and consistent with age. Remounted to ocean blue silk velvet on wood frame. Frame has the name of C. Winter of Wimbleton possibly a previous owner.