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AN ITALIAN ALTAR FRONTAL OF IVORY SILK
Mid-18th Century
Embroidered in coloured silks with naturalistic roses, carnations and other flowers, with scrolls and flourishes in metal threads embellished with sequins and foil bordering portraits of archangels with painted details, their names inscribed below, with pinholes from a possible date of 1759, edged with late braid, some wear and damage, re-backed
100 in. x 40 in. (254 cm. x 102 cm.)
Mid-18th Century
Embroidered in coloured silks with naturalistic roses, carnations and other flowers, with scrolls and flourishes in metal threads embellished with sequins and foil bordering portraits of archangels with painted details, their names inscribed below, with pinholes from a possible date of 1759, edged with late braid, some wear and damage, re-backed
100 in. x 40 in. (254 cm. x 102 cm.)