Man's sleeveless jacket of thick black felt with applique pieces of red and blue woollen cloth, with embroidered devices in coloured silks and gold and silver thread: Iran, West Azerbaijan province, Urumiah, Kurdish

Woman's veil of cotton cloth embroidered with gold thread and showing an openwork design: Iran, 18th or 19th century

Prayer mat, silk, embroidered with a floral design and a cartouche shaped like a prayer stone and containing an Arabic inscription, flanked by two hands, all underneath an arch, surrounded by a border of alternating peonies and rosettes: West Asia, Iran, 1720 - 1725

Panel, possibly a chalice veil, of white linen embroidered in dark brown silk (black work) and gold thread with two birds, probably a phoenix and an ostrich, a carnation and a pomegranate: English, 1550 - 1600

Picture with linen ground embroidered in coloured silks and silver and gold thread, depicting 'The Circumcision of Christ': English, London, by Edmund Harrison, c. 1637

Oak framed panel embroidered in coloured silks and gold thread depicting the Red Crosse knight ( St George) riding with Una in a landscape, with legend 'Thus they fared forth upon the dreadfil quest', by Phoebe Anna Traquair, dated 1907

Oak framed panel embroidered in coloured silks and gold thread depicting St George slaying the Dragon in a landscape setting, with Una kneeling in prayer in the background, by Phoebe Anna Traquair, early 20th century

Pine framed panel embroidered in coloured silks and gold thread depicting St George in armour being kissed by Una in a landscape setting, probably representing Eden, by Phoebe Anna Traquair with her daughter, Hilda Traquair, dated 1914

Chalice veil of red silk damask woven with a pattern of interlacing stems forming lozenge-shaped compartments, each filled with a leaf, with an applied heart-shaped piece of crimson satin in centre embroidered with the sacred monogram and surrounded by floral scrollwork: probably Italian, the damask late 16th to early 17th century, the embroidery late 17th century

Mitre of cream satin embroidered in gold thread and coloured silks with a design of floral scrolls: probably Italian, 17th century

Chair of gilded walnut or softwood with gold thread embroidery on scarlet woollen upholstery, made in London for the 3rd Duke of Hamilton between 1682 and 1695, possibly by Jean Paudevin, later part of the furnishings of Queen Mary’s rooms at the Palace of Holyroodhouse

Chair cushion with gold thread embroidery on scarlet woollen upholstery, made in London for the 3rd Duke of Hamilton between 1682 and 1695, possibly by Jean Paudevin, later part of the furnishings of Queen Mary’s rooms at the Palace of Holyroodhouse