A VERY FINE TENT STITCH PICTURE

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A VERY FINE TENT STITCH PICTURE
CIRCA 1666, ENGLISH
depicting Esther and Ahasuerus, worked in fresh coloured silks with beadwork, detached buttonhole stitch and chenille details, a lion and a stag below with a parrot and another bird flanking a pond, a building in one upper corner, framed and glazed
16 in. x 12 in. (41 cm. x 30 cm.) (without frame)

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