An unusual oval picture embroidered in coloured silks, metal threads and chenille with painted details depicting Juno in her chariot in the clouds being driven by two peacocks and a putto, an attendant behind, Jupiter seated to one side, a rainbow and the sun above, the sides with a fruit and oak tree, with a bird in the branches, the lower border with naturalistic floral sprays sprouting from a hillocky ground, including strawberries and daffodils, with flitting butterflies--23 x 19in. (58 x 50cm.), circa 1720, in glass mount, framed, some damage

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An unusual oval picture embroidered in coloured silks, metal threads and chenille with painted details depicting Juno in her chariot in the clouds being driven by two peacocks and a putto, an attendant behind, Jupiter seated to one side, a rainbow and the sun above, the sides with a fruit and oak tree, with a bird in the branches, the lower border with naturalistic floral sprays sprouting from a hillocky ground, including strawberries and daffodils, with flitting butterflies--23 x 19in. (58 x 50cm.), circa 1720, in glass mount, framed, some damage
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