Details
A NEEDLEWORK BORDER
Late 16th early 17th Century
Embroidered in coloured wools and silks with petit point details depicting Daphnis and Chloe, Daphnis as a shepherd, Chloe holding pan pipes, a fountain and house to one side, a stream, hill and buildings to the other, within a verdant landscape with fruit trees and animals, including a boar, some re-workings and restorations, re-bound and re-backed, probably cut down
59 in. x 12 in. (150 cm. x 30.5 cm.)
Late 16th early 17th Century
Embroidered in coloured wools and silks with petit point details depicting Daphnis and Chloe, Daphnis as a shepherd, Chloe holding pan pipes, a fountain and house to one side, a stream, hill and buildings to the other, within a verdant landscape with fruit trees and animals, including a boar, some re-workings and restorations, re-bound and re-backed, probably cut down
59 in. x 12 in. (150 cm. x 30.5 cm.)