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CAROLINE DANBY'S BRODERIE PERSE COVERLETS The following two lots are an extraordinary near-pair of broderie perse covers. Made up for her hope chest, they instead were packed away when Miss Danby, of Parkers Piece, Cambridge, sadly never married and so never used the quilts. They therefore retain all the freshness of their original colour, including the often fugitive greens. Densely packed with printed chintz motifs carefully cut out and re-applied to a fine linen ground, they are truly masterpieces of the art of appliqué. The coverlets have never been separated, and have passed directly by descent to the present vendors.

A FINE COVERLET BY CAROLINE DANBY

ENGLISH, 1815-1820

Details

A FINE COVERLET BY CAROLINE DANBY
ENGLISH, 1815-1820
the ground densely applied with fresh-coloured motifs taken from an English chintz, including the central image of a pheasant and palm tree
104 x 96in. (264 x 244cm.)

Literature

Avril Colby, Patchwork Quilts, page 46-49, Batsford.

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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