Two panels of fine needlework, each with a central tulip with a foliate surround, framed within a border of trailing roses, daffodils and tulips, the flowers and leaves worked in coloured silks in tent stitch against a ground of silver metal thread--20in x 11in., late 17th century

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Two panels of fine needlework, each with a central tulip with a foliate surround, framed within a border of trailing roses, daffodils and tulips, the flowers and leaves worked in coloured silks in tent stitch against a ground of silver metal thread--20in x 11in., late 17th century

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The border is probably one long strip, now folded under at the corners, possibly originally a decorative border for an altar frontal

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