A SET OF FOUR ENGLISH CREWEL WORK BED-HANGINGS

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A SET OF FOUR ENGLISH CREWEL WORK BED-HANGINGS
FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

Each embroidered with elaborate scrolling foliage interspersed with birds against a cream cotton twill ground, the lower portion embroidered with animals including a stag and a leopard against rolling hills and chinoiserie follies, losses and restoration
the two larger panels approximately - 7ft½in. x 7ft. 4½in. (2m. 14cm. x 2m. 25cm.), 6ft. 11½in. x 7ft. 5in. (2m. 12cm. x 2m. 26cm.)- the two smaller panels approximately - 7ft. 2in. x 2ft. 10in. (2m. 18cm. x 86cm.) (4)

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Similar fragments of bed hangings are illustrated in D. King and S. Levey, The Victoria & Albert Museum's Textile Collection, Embroidery in Britain from 1200 to 1750, New York, 1993, fig. 89, (catalogue cover).