A needlework picture embroidered in coloured silks and metal threads, the details in detatched button hole stitch, moss work and seed pearls, depicting Queen Henrietta Maria and Charles I by a ceremonial tent, with a throne worked with CR behind them, the background a hilly landscape with castles, figures, trees, flowers and birds--15in x 19in., framed and glazed, English, mid 17th century

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A needlework picture embroidered in coloured silks and metal threads, the details in detatched button hole stitch, moss work and seed pearls, depicting Queen Henrietta Maria and Charles I by a ceremonial tent, with a throne worked with CR behind them, the background a hilly landscape with castles, figures, trees, flowers and birds--15in x 19in., framed and glazed, English, mid 17th century
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