A needlework panel embroidered in coloured wools with silk and metal thread highlights, the central cartouche with a depiction of courtiers before Elizabeth I, a lion below, a unicorn above, the borders with stylised fruiting vines, flowers and other fruits, with birds perched in the branches, the corners with male and female masks linked by similar floral and fruiting trails, against a dark blue ground, the frames with simulated slashing--30 x 58in. (76 x 145cm.), circa 1900, backed