Series of embroidered panels from the set of vestments, named St. John the Baptist furnishing, in colored silks and gold foil completed between 1466 and 1488, to designs by Antonio del Pollaiolo. The set of vestments for use on the Feast of Saint John the Baptist comprising a chasuble, cope and two dalmatics, was commissioned by the Cloth Merchants’ Guild in 1466. They were used in the Baptistery on June 24, the Feast of John the Baptist, patron saint of the city of Florence, to whom the Baptistery is entitled. The garments themselves have not survived the ravages of time, leaving the embroidery on individual panels. These mainly came from north Italian and northern European workshops, testifying to the exquisite embroidery produced in the 15th century. The embroiderers realized the designs using the "punto serrato" technique; tiny, dense stitches creating an incredible level of detail and shading of different colors. Despite their diminutive size, these 27 embroidered panels depicting episodes from the life of John the Baptist, according the Gospels,  are one of the most detailed cycles of images we have from the Quattrocento.