Lot 153
153
A needlework frieze, worked in wools and silks in gros and petit point with three allegorical female figures, possibly personifications of the Liberal Arts, each standing within an architectural alcove, the central figure measuring a globe representing Grammar or Astronomy, the recesses worked with two vignettes, each centred with a caryatid before a balustrade, the surrounds worked with fruiting swags and scrolling foliate strapwork--19¾ x 66in. (50 x 168cm), probably English, 18th century, mounted on board, slight wear and repairs
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A needlework frieze, worked in wools and silks in gros and petit point with three allegorical female figures, possibly personifications of the Liberal Arts, each standing within an architectural alcove, the central figure measuring a globe representing Grammar or Astronomy, the recesses worked with two vignettes, each centred with a caryatid before a balustrade, the surrounds worked with fruiting swags and scrolling foliate strapwork--19¾ x 66in. (50 x 168cm), probably English, 18th century, mounted on board, slight wear and repairs

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A needlework frieze, worked in wools and silks in gros and petit point with three allegorical female figures, possibly personifications of the Liberal Arts, each standing within an architectural alcove, the central figure measuring a globe representing Grammar or Astronomy, the recesses worked with two vignettes, each centred with a caryatid before a balustrade, the surrounds worked with fruiting swags and scrolling foliate strapwork--19¾ x 66in. (50 x 168cm), probably English, 18th century, mounted on board, slight wear and repairs
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Provenance
The Mayorcas Collection, Christie's King Street, 12 February 1999, lot 248
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