PROPERTY OF A CANADIAN COLLECTOR
AN ALBUM OF TWELVE EMBROIDERIES
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AN ALBUM OF TWELVE EMBROIDERIES
19TH CENTURY
Composed of twelve square album leaves finely and exquisitely embroidered in multi-colored threads on cream silk, worked in shaded satin stitch realistically depicting various scenes in nature including various birds and insects amidst flowers, chickens, quail, squirrel and frogs, each leaf opposite a plain square of silk, mounted in silk borders in a brocade covered album
Each 9 x 9 3/4in.(22.8 x 24.6cm.)
19TH CENTURY
Composed of twelve square album leaves finely and exquisitely embroidered in multi-colored threads on cream silk, worked in shaded satin stitch realistically depicting various scenes in nature including various birds and insects amidst flowers, chickens, quail, squirrel and frogs, each leaf opposite a plain square of silk, mounted in silk borders in a brocade covered album
Each 9 x 9 3/4in.(22.8 x 24.6cm.)
Further details
See illustration of two