A re-applied needlework spot motif picture worked in coloured silks mainly in tent stitch with a central angel and man bordered with various motifs including a unicorn, owl, peacock, monkey, snail and butterflies, with other birds, animals and insects, with sprigs of thistles, pears, strawberries and other fruit and flowers, the bottom border with a mermaid, triton and whales, the sea with cordwork embellishment, against an ivory satin ground--24 x 21in. (62 x 53cm.), probably third quarter of the 17th century, framed and glazed, with restorations to the silk embroidery and later ground