Lot Essay
With their attributes of beauty and vanity, the panels were probably made to form the doors of a travelling mirror.
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CIRCA 1660
Details
A JOINED PAIR OF CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK PANELS
CIRCA 1660
Worked in coloured silks on an ivory satin ground, depicting two full length portraits of ladies in a landscape scene beneath canopies, one holding the golden apple, the attribute of Venus after the judgement of Paris; the other holding a sceptre, a symbol of vanity
13 x 10 in. (32.5 x 25 cm.)
CIRCA 1660
Worked in coloured silks on an ivory satin ground, depicting two full length portraits of ladies in a landscape scene beneath canopies, one holding the golden apple, the attribute of Venus after the judgement of Paris; the other holding a sceptre, a symbol of vanity
13 x 10 in. (32.5 x 25 cm.)
Provenance
Important Needlework collected by the Late Sir Frederick Richmond Bt., Christie's, London, 14 June 2001, lot 32.
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