A HISTORICAL SILK NEEDLEWORK PANEL
17TH CENTURY AND LATER
DEPICTING A HISTORICAL SCENE OF A ROMAN EMPORER PASSING JUDGMENT, SITTING IN FRONT OF HIS CAMPAIGN TENT, SURROUNDED BY TWO LADIES, TWO ELDERLY MEN AND SEVERAL SOLDIERS, AGAINST A BACKDROP OF TREES AND MORE CAMPAIGN TENTS, AND WITH A WALLED CITY IN THE DISTANCE TO THE LEFT AND A PALACE TO THE RIGHT, LATER NEEDLEWORK, ESPECIALLY TO THE TREES, AND LATER EMBELLISHMENTS WITH SMALL BEADS AND GLASS PLAQUES, RESTORATIONS AND DAMAGES
59CM. HIGH X 226CM. WIDE
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