Lot 351
351
A needlework picture, densely worked in coloured silks, metal thread, purl, chenille and embellished with spangles, with a central depiction of Adam and Eve with flowing hair either side of a mosswork tree and large serpent with bead eye, the remaining field with trees and animals including a crowned lion, monkey, elephant, monkey, camel, crab and lobster, the upper left field with a sun, the right with a night sky--13 x 18½in. (33 x 47cm.), glazed, in a tortoiseshell frame, 17th century, worn
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A needlework picture, densely worked in coloured silks, metal thread, purl, chenille and embellished with spangles, with a central depiction of Adam and Eve with flowing hair either side of a mosswork tree and large serpent with bead eye, the remaining field with trees and animals including a crowned lion, monkey, elephant, monkey, camel, crab and lobster, the upper left field with a sun, the right with a night sky--13 x 18½in. (33 x 47cm.), glazed, in a tortoiseshell frame, 17th century, worn

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A needlework picture, densely worked in coloured silks, metal thread, purl, chenille and embellished with spangles, with a central depiction of Adam and Eve with flowing hair either side of a mosswork tree and large serpent with bead eye, the remaining field with trees and animals including a crowned lion, monkey, elephant, monkey, camel, crab and lobster, the upper left field with a sun, the right with a night sky--13 x 18½in. (33 x 47cm.), glazed, in a tortoiseshell frame, 17th century, worn
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