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AN ENGLISH NEEDLEWORK PICTURE
1650s
Embroidered in coloured silks and purl, with appliqu seed pearls, beads and linen details, with two couples, a mermaid, a castle and another woman worked the other way round, interspersed with stylised floral and fruiting sprigs, with animals, birds and insects, the embroidered ground embellished with looped purl, edged on three sides with wrapped paper and net lace border, framed and glazed, some wear
17 in. x 18 in. (44 cm. x 47 cm.)
1650s
Embroidered in coloured silks and purl, with appliqu seed pearls, beads and linen details, with two couples, a mermaid, a castle and another woman worked the other way round, interspersed with stylised floral and fruiting sprigs, with animals, birds and insects, the embroidered ground embellished with looped purl, edged on three sides with wrapped paper and net lace border, framed and glazed, some wear
17 in. x 18 in. (44 cm. x 47 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's South Kensington, 23 June 1987, lot 137.