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A JOINED NEEDLEWORK PANEL, FRANCO-SCOTTISH, CIRCA 1600
probably from a bed valence, tent stitched in coloured silk with a grid of four square panels each containing a stylised tree and bush with accompanying flora and fauna: the lily with a serpent and pansies; the plum tree with a deer, stag and a worm with pansies and daisy; the oak tree with a centipede; the stylised flowering shrub with bees, within a surround of scrolling branches with flowers, fruit and birds and a butterfly--16 x 43½in. (40 x 111cm.), framed and glazed
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probably from a bed valence, tent stitched in coloured silk with a grid of four square panels each containing a stylised tree and bush with accompanying flora and fauna: the lily with a serpent and pansies; the plum tree with a deer, stag and a worm with pansies and daisy; the oak tree with a centipede; the stylised flowering shrub with bees, within a surround of scrolling branches with flowers, fruit and birds and a butterfly--16 x 43½in. (40 x 111cm.), framed and glazed
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