Chasuble, embroidered silk, Chinese; Birds, beasts, Virgin Child, St Anne, late 16th centuryChasuble of cream-coloured silk, embroidered with coloured silks and gold thread. Pattern of animals and birds of gay plumage amid floral stems. The orphreys on back and front contain formal scrolls and leaf ornament, and each has a representation of the Virgin with the Infant Saviour, and St. Anna beside them holding a book.