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AN INTERESTING RAISED WORK PICTURE
1630
'By Faith, by Hope and Charity, 1630, we are brought to Felicity M.B.' worked in coloured silks, chenille and metal threads, the centre with three women, one with two children, another on an anchor, the borders with raised work, including a lizard on strawberries in the lower corner, a serpent on a vine in the other corner, the lower border with sprays of carnations and pea pods, two thistle sprays up the sides, the top border with fruiting vines, fox gloves and other flowers, applied with histories of the Belasyse family in the 17th century on the reverse, framed and glazed
26 in. x 27 in. (68 cm. x 69 cm.)
1630
'By Faith, by Hope and Charity, 1630, we are brought to Felicity M.B.' worked in coloured silks, chenille and metal threads, the centre with three women, one with two children, another on an anchor, the borders with raised work, including a lizard on strawberries in the lower corner, a serpent on a vine in the other corner, the lower border with sprays of carnations and pea pods, two thistle sprays up the sides, the top border with fruiting vines, fox gloves and other flowers, applied with histories of the Belasyse family in the 17th century on the reverse, framed and glazed
26 in. x 27 in. (68 cm. x 69 cm.)