An embroidered screen, in the Pre-Raphaelite style composed of two panels worked in coloured silks of autumnal shades on a linen ground, one side with a young man leaning against a well with an overhangning tree, the other with a be-robed young woman playing a dulcimer and a leaping hare behing, both figures with garlands in their hair seated on a flower-carpeted ground with a brick wall behind--14in x 23in., embroidered panels, 42in. height of screen, English, late 19th century (some wear to embroidery, old damages to screen)

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An embroidered screen, in the Pre-Raphaelite style composed of two panels worked in coloured silks of autumnal shades on a linen ground, one side with a young man leaning against a well with an overhangning tree, the other with a be-robed young woman playing a dulcimer and a leaping hare behing, both figures with garlands in their hair seated on a flower-carpeted ground with a brick wall behind--14in x 23in., embroidered panels, 42in. height of screen, English, late 19th century (some wear to embroidery, old damages to screen)
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Said to have been worked by the vendor's grandmother, Amy Graham. The Graham family were very closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, particularly Edward Burne-Jones who had a very close friendship with Frances Graham, Amy's sister. It is most likely that the screen was after a design by Burne-Jones who designed embroideries for Morris & Co., the Royal School of Needlework as well as for family and friends.

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