Lot Essay
The pelican often depicted with it's young is a symbol of repentence and salvation, and also a representation of the Eucharist.
Details
A red velvet, crimson damask and metal thread embroidered three-fold screen
each panel depicting the pelican in piety, within a ribbon-tied foliate wreath, above a damask panel decorated with palmettes and foliage and flanked by foliate scrolls and bellflower swags, some damage, each panel -- 24in. (61cm.) wide
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each panel depicting the pelican in piety, within a ribbon-tied foliate wreath, above a damask panel decorated with palmettes and foliage and flanked by foliate scrolls and bellflower swags, some damage, each panel -- 24in. (61cm.) wide
See Illustration