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"The Banishment of Hagar and Ishmael"
a needlework picture of coloured silks and metal threads, the ivory satin ground decorated with spangles, with an elaborate and animated depiction of the story and details including a rabbit appearing from his hole, a squirrel leaping up a tree and a grasshopper in the foreground--19 x 12in. (47 x 30cm), framed and glazed, English, mid 17th century
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a needlework picture of coloured silks and metal threads, the ivory satin ground decorated with spangles, with an elaborate and animated depiction of the story and details including a rabbit appearing from his hole, a squirrel leaping up a tree and a grasshopper in the foreground--19 x 12in. (47 x 30cm), framed and glazed, English, mid 17th century
See Colour Plate