A cover of purple facecloth embroidered in coloured silks with a central roundel with naturalistic flowers and fruit including passion flowers, convolulous, strawberries and fruiting vines, the borders with floral festoons linked by scrolling acanthus leaves and rocaille shells, trimmed with purple and yellow silk braid and fringing--56in. (140cm.) square, 1830s/40s, slight damage and wear
A cover of purple facecloth embroidered in coloured silks with a central roundel with naturalistic flowers and fruit including passion flowers, convolulous, strawberries and fruiting vines, the borders with floral festoons linked by scrolling acanthus leaves and rocaille shells, trimmed with purple and yellow silk braid and fringing--56in. (140cm.) square, 1830s/40s, slight damage and wear

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A cover of purple facecloth embroidered in coloured silks with a central roundel with naturalistic flowers and fruit including passion flowers, convolulous, strawberries and fruiting vines, the borders with floral festoons linked by scrolling acanthus leaves and rocaille shells, trimmed with purple and yellow silk braid and fringing--56in. (140cm.) square, 1830s/40s, slight damage and wear
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