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A FINE LADY'S COIF
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A FINE LADY'S COIF
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • £32,900
  • ($45,731)
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    £18,000 - £22,000
  • ($25,020 - $30,580)

Sale Information

Sale 9225
SIR FREDERICK RICHMOND COLLECTION OF NEEDLEWORK
14 June 2001
London,King Street




Lot Description

A FINE LADY'S COIF
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1610
of fine linen embroidered with pomegranates, jonquils and violas with striped petals worked in coloured silk and gold and silver thread

Special Notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Literature

Apollo vol. 17, 1933, p. 32.

Exhibited

Reign of Queen Elizabeth, 22-23 Grosvenor Place, January 26, 1933.
British Country Life, Grosvenor Square, 1937, exhibit. no. 184a.
Ragter og taepper fra Shakespeare Tid, Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, February, 1964.