A GROUP OF FIVE REGENCY SILK-EMBROIDERED PICTURES
A GROUP OF FIVE REGENCY SILK-EMBROIDERED PICTURES

LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A GROUP OF FIVE REGENCY SILK-EMBROIDERED PICTURES
Late 18th/early 19th century
Comprising two allegorical representations of America and Asia worked in wool on a silk background, within oval panels within verre eglomisé surrounds and 18th century molded giltwood frames; another [after George Morland] depicting a young maiden feeding chickens worked silk on a silk background, within an oval panel with verre eglomisé surround and molded giltwood frame; one depicting a woman holding wheat sheafs worked in wool and silk on a silk background, within an oval panel with verre eglomis surround and molded giltwood frame; and a final depicting a shepherd by a tree worked in chenille embroidery, within a gilt and black matting and molded giltwood frame; together with a pair of English early 19th century allegorical watercolor representations of Europe and Asia, within grey matting and molded ebonized frames
18¾in. (47cm.) high, 16in. (40cm.) wide the largest (7)
來源
The silkwork picture of the young maiden feeding chickens: purchased at the Winter Antiques Show, January 1959.