An ivory silk embroidered hanging, worked in brightly coloured silks, gilt and silver gilt threads with approximately fifty spot motifs of unusual subjects, including salamanders emerging from flames, tigers in a trap, a winged horse standing on a rock, a camel beneath a vine, fountains, fruit trees with birds and female figures; also with many scattered flowerheads, including carnations, tulips and roses, trimmed with braid--113in x 131in., French or Italian, mid 18th century