A needlework picture, worked in coloured silks with a central bust of a young girl, her hair embellished with seed pearls, within a ribbon work border, with raised work lions and leopards sitting on chenille hillocks beneath, also with spot motifs of large flowers, including tulips and irises, animals and butterflies--14in x 20in., framed and glazed, English, mid 17th century

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A needlework picture, worked in coloured silks with a central bust of a young girl, her hair embellished with seed pearls, within a ribbon work border, with raised work lions and leopards sitting on chenille hillocks beneath, also with spot motifs of large flowers, including tulips and irises, animals and butterflies--14in x 20in., framed and glazed, English, mid 17th century

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