A large joined needlework hanging embroidered in coloured silks and wools with four arrangements of roses, carnations and other flowers within shaped ivory ground cartouches framed with scrolling acanthus leaves, the interlocking borders of bright yellow worked with fruiting vines--74 x 96in. (185 x 240cm.), 19th century, rebacked, reworkings and restorations, some damage

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A large joined needlework hanging embroidered in coloured silks and wools with four arrangements of roses, carnations and other flowers within shaped ivory ground cartouches framed with scrolling acanthus leaves, the interlocking borders of bright yellow worked with fruiting vines--74 x 96in. (185 x 240cm.), 19th century, rebacked, reworkings and restorations, some damage
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