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CIRCA 1660
Details
A CHARLES II STUMPWORK, BEADWORK, SILK-EMBROIDERED AND TORTOISESHELL DRESSING-MIRROR**
Circa 1660
The rectangular plate within a frame worked with full-length portraits of a king and a queen beneath canopies, the corners with circular reserves centering a leopard, a lion, and a pair of parrots, the top and base with scenes of a castle and a fountain and with fruiting trees, worked in silk and metallic threads in various stitches and applied with seed pearls and lace on a silk ground, within tortoiseshell borders
26½in. (67cm.) high, 23½in. (59.5cm.) wide
Circa 1660
The rectangular plate within a frame worked with full-length portraits of a king and a queen beneath canopies, the corners with circular reserves centering a leopard, a lion, and a pair of parrots, the top and base with scenes of a castle and a fountain and with fruiting trees, worked in silk and metallic threads in various stitches and applied with seed pearls and lace on a silk ground, within tortoiseshell borders
26½in. (67cm.) high, 23½in. (59.5cm.) wide
Special notice
Notice Regarding the Sale of Ivory and Tortoiseshell
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing ivory or tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.