THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A fine raised work picture
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A fine raised work picture
the ivory satin ground elaborately worked in coloured silks in different stitches and coloured purl with King Charles with ruffled breeches and a cloak lined with white feathers simulating ermine, beneath a canopy with the lion and the unicorn and embellished with spangles, and his queen in a robe decorated with flowers and another gentleman wearing spurs, their faces heightened with pink cheeks, with a castle behind, flower sprigs and insects--13½ x 9¾in. (34 x 24cm), framed and glazed, English, mid 17th century
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the ivory satin ground elaborately worked in coloured silks in different stitches and coloured purl with King Charles with ruffled breeches and a cloak lined with white feathers simulating ermine, beneath a canopy with the lion and the unicorn and embellished with spangles, and his queen in a robe decorated with flowers and another gentleman wearing spurs, their faces heightened with pink cheeks, with a castle behind, flower sprigs and insects--13½ x 9¾in. (34 x 24cm), framed and glazed, English, mid 17th century
See Colour Plate