A CUT-VELVET ALTAR FRONTAL

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A CUT-VELVET ALTAR FRONTAL
18TH CENTURY

The lower, larger panel with a lotus-head roundel encircled by a garland of flowering lotus branches, the upper panel with a formal lotus divided by 'double-happiness' characters, the design picked out in taupe against a golden-brown ground, all within an olive-green key-fret pattern band, worn--36 7/8 x 34¼in. (93.8 x 87cm.)