A set of embroidered covers for a suite of five chairs and a sofa worked in coloured wools and silks, with a central medallion, the cream ground worked with hanging flower bunches, some in baskets within a border of twisted purple ribbon and an outer crimson frame with white flowers--88 x 25in., 67 x 28in (sofa), 25 x 25in. (chair seat), 14½ x 18in. (oval chair back), each chair with armpads, early 19th century

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A set of embroidered covers for a suite of five chairs and a sofa worked in coloured wools and silks, with a central medallion, the cream ground worked with hanging flower bunches, some in baskets within a border of twisted purple ribbon and an outer crimson frame with white flowers--88 x 25in., 67 x 28in (sofa), 25 x 25in. (chair seat), 14½ x 18in. (oval chair back), each chair with armpads, early 19th century
See Colour Plate 26

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