A letter case of brown silk woven with gilt threads and coloured silks with episodes from the Fables de la Fontaine including the fox and the crow with the piece of cheese, lined with pale pink silk--4in x 7in., French, third quarter of 17th century

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A letter case of brown silk woven with gilt threads and coloured silks with episodes from the Fables de la Fontaine including the fox and the crow with the piece of cheese, lined with pale pink silk--4in x 7in., French, third quarter of 17th century
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Literature
cfSeligman, Saville, G and Hughes, Talbot, Domestic Needlework, plate 45 for illustration of similar case.

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