Lot 1094
1094
A CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK PICTURE OF AFRICA AND THE NEW WORLD
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A CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK PICTURE OF AFRICA AND THE NEW WORLD

CIRCA 1660-70

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A CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK PICTURE OF AFRICA AND THE NEW WORLD
CIRCA 1660-70
With central counted stitch oval cartouche of a pastoral scene with cattleherd, shepherds and fishermen around a lake, the main picture with representations of Africa and the New World in the forms of a Blackamoor and an Indian, with two queens below, one with a sceptre and a book, the other with a censor
16 x 20 in. (41 x 51 cm.)
later framed and glazed
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

Compare An Important Collection of Needlework, The Richmond Collection, Christie's, South Kensington, 23 June 1987, lot 106, an embroidered picture of identical design but without the framing motifs of the Continents.

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