AN EARLY LOUIS XV FRAMED NEEDLEWORK PANEL

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AN EARLY LOUIS XV FRAMED NEEDLEWORK PANEL
The gros and petit point needlework in wools and silks, depicting Orpheus playing the violin surrounded by women emblematical of the four seasons, on rolling grassland, in a strapwork border on a brown ground, reduced from a larger panel, in a modern coral slip and giltwood frame with sanded border and moulded frame
41 in. x 34 in. (104 cm. x 86.5 cm.), including frame

Provenance

Mallett.

Literature

L. Synge, The Needle's Excellency, Mallett catalogue, p. 50.

Lot Essay

Inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses or Loves of the Gods, the Cardinal Arts are celebrated by the lyre-playing poet Orpheus charming the animals and trees in a flourishing landscape inhabited by fashionably-dressed ladies, emblematical of the Seasons.

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