A needlework picture with raised work details worked in coloured silks, metal and coloured purl with tinsel and mica details, depicting an elegant couple, the lady holding a rose, the man a stick, a butterfly and bee above, a house in the background, within an oval frame formed from raised detached buttonhole stitch, with floral sprigs and insects in the spandrels--14 x 12.7/8in. (38 x 33cm.), mid 17th century, English, framed and glazed, slight wear and damage