A square coverlet, the central panel of bottle green velvet, with a wide crimson velvet border appliqué with gold coloured scrolling acanthus leaves framing flowers and fruit embroidered in coloured silks--224cm. square, the border 17th century made into a coverlet and restored in the 19th century

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A square coverlet, the central panel of bottle green velvet, with a wide crimson velvet border appliqué with gold coloured scrolling acanthus leaves framing flowers and fruit embroidered in coloured silks--224cm. square, the border 17th century made into a coverlet and restored in the 19th century
Provenance
Melbury House, Dorset

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