A needlework panel, embroidered in coloured silks and silver gilt threads, with scattered Chinoserie spot motifs, including pagodas, exotic flowers, figures in Eastern dress and strange birds and animals, the background worked in green silk and silver gilt thread with a small scale chequered pattern--87in x 34in., framed and glazed, Italian, circa 1730

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A needlework panel, embroidered in coloured silks and silver gilt threads, with scattered Chinoserie spot motifs, including pagodas, exotic flowers, figures in Eastern dress and strange birds and animals, the background worked in green silk and silver gilt thread with a small scale chequered pattern--87in x 34in., framed and glazed, Italian, circa 1730

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