Lot 122
122
A tent stitch needlework picture, worked with a central pear tree flanked by two ladies, one holding a lily or iris, probably representing Purity, the other holding a palm frond or olive branch, probably representing Wisdom, two castles in the background, flowers, a thistle and an oak branch in the foreground, with a squirrel and two rabbits looking on--13½ x 16¼in. (34.5 x 41.5cm.), English, mid 17th century, framed and glazed
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A tent stitch needlework picture, worked with a central pear tree flanked by two ladies, one holding a lily or iris, probably representing Purity, the other holding a palm frond or olive branch, probably representing Wisdom, two castles in the background, flowers, a thistle and an oak branch in the foreground, with a squirrel and two rabbits looking on--13½ x 16¼in. (34.5 x 41.5cm.), English, mid 17th century, framed and glazed

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A tent stitch needlework picture, worked with a central pear tree flanked by two ladies, one holding a lily or iris, probably representing Purity, the other holding a palm frond or olive branch, probably representing Wisdom, two castles in the background, flowers, a thistle and an oak branch in the foreground, with a squirrel and two rabbits looking on--13½ x 16¼in. (34.5 x 41.5cm.), English, mid 17th century, framed and glazed
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Provenance
Formerly Richard Midwinter Antiques.
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