A panel of cream satin re-applied with spot motifs worked in coloured silks, chenille and coloured purl in various stitches including detached buttonhole, rococo and satin stitches, with a central elaborate fountain flanked by a parrot and a kingfisher, with an elegant lady playing the lute to one side, a gentleman to the other--37 x 7in. (93 x 18cm.), probably 1680s, English, re-applied in the early 20th century, with restorations

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A panel of cream satin re-applied with spot motifs worked in coloured silks, chenille and coloured purl in various stitches including detached buttonhole, rococo and satin stitches, with a central elaborate fountain flanked by a parrot and a kingfisher, with an elegant lady playing the lute to one side, a gentleman to the other--37 x 7in. (93 x 18cm.), probably 1680s, English, re-applied in the early 20th century, with restorations
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