An embroidered banner of the Societés de Musique of dark green velvet, worked in high relief with the Arms of Paris in gold and silver thread and coloured silks, incorporating four other banners, Societé Chorale de St Macaire (Gironde) 1857, Orpheon 1860, Orpheon d'Azile Aude and Orpheon de Montmorency 1860, edged with gilt tassels--63in x 30in., circa 1860

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An embroidered banner of the Societés de Musique of dark green velvet, worked in high relief with the Arms of Paris in gold and silver thread and coloured silks, incorporating four other banners, Societé Chorale de St Macaire (Gironde) 1857, Orpheon 1860, Orpheon d'Azile Aude and Orpheon de Montmorency 1860, edged with gilt tassels--63in x 30in., circa 1860

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Reputedly worked by the French Guild of Needleworkers for the Paris Exhibition.

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