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This piece is reputed to be by Lady Powerscourt of County Wicklow and is illustrated in "Needlework Through The Ages" by Mary Symonds and Louisa Preece, Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1928
Details
A Georgian silkwork ribbon picture, the ivory silk-ground worked with green, red, white and yellow ribbons, forming a bouquet of cornflowers, rosebuds, carnations, daises, pansies and barley, in moulded giltwood frame, some slight foxing, 14¼ (36cm) diam, overall
This piece is reputed to be by Lady Powerscourt of County Wicklow and is illustrated in "Needlework Through The Ages" by Mary Symonds and Louisa Preece, Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1928