An embroidered picture worked in coloured silks with a scene from the Fables de la Fontaine depicting a fox in a landscape, with the inscription "Ils sont trop verds dit-il"--8in x 9in., framed and glazed, French, circa 1830; and a woolwork picture depicting a parrot with the face of a man--6in x 4in., framed and glazed, mid 19th century (2)

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An embroidered picture worked in coloured silks with a scene from the Fables de la Fontaine depicting a fox in a landscape, with the inscription "Ils sont trop verds dit-il"--8in x 9in., framed and glazed, French, circa 1830; and a woolwork picture depicting a parrot with the face of a man--6in x 4in., framed and glazed, mid 19th century (2)

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