A raised needlework picture worked in coloured silks and purl against an ivory satin ground in various stitches including rococo, Florentine and satin stitch, with a central medallion with a man fishing, a woman with a basket and an older man to one side, in a hilly landscape, buildings in the distance, the surround with four large scale floral sprigs, a man and a woman to either side, a lion and a stag below and a walled city above--25 x 20in. (64 x 52cm.), mid 17th century, English, framed and glazed, some damage and repairs

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A raised needlework picture worked in coloured silks and purl against an ivory satin ground in various stitches including rococo, Florentine and satin stitch, with a central medallion with a man fishing, a woman with a basket and an older man to one side, in a hilly landscape, buildings in the distance, the surround with four large scale floral sprigs, a man and a woman to either side, a lion and a stag below and a walled city above--25 x 20in. (64 x 52cm.), mid 17th century, English, framed and glazed, some damage and repairs
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