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A needlework picture
of coloured silks in satin stitch and coloured purl, with a central oval medallion depicting Eurydice with a snake entwining her arm, in a landscape with elegant house behind, stems with oversized strawberries and peas in their pods and a fish pool, with mica embellishments, and framing the oval flower sprigs, a lion, deer, hare and hound, the ground densely sewn with spangles--16 x 11½in. (40 x 29cm), framed and glazed, English, 17th century
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of coloured silks in satin stitch and coloured purl, with a central oval medallion depicting Eurydice with a snake entwining her arm, in a landscape with elegant house behind, stems with oversized strawberries and peas in their pods and a fish pool, with mica embellishments, and framing the oval flower sprigs, a lion, deer, hare and hound, the ground densely sewn with spangles--16 x 11½in. (40 x 29cm), framed and glazed, English, 17th century
See Colour Plate