“Pale en sablé de perles”, Chartres, late 19th century. © Musée de la Visitation, photography: Jean FOISSELON
The decoration features the cross and the instruments of the Passion, surrounded by roses. The Musée de la Visitation de Moulins brings together and presents to the public the paramentiquary and goldsmith’s collections of numerous monasteries of the Visitation Sainte-Marie, whose nuns have distinguished themselves since their foundation in the early 17th century by the excellence of their needlework.
Date of Production: Late 19th century
Place of Design: Chartres, France
Glass beads embroidered on canvas. Sandblasted pearls.
Access number: Inv. 4.100
Museum: Musée de la Visitation, Moulins (France)