17th, 18th and 19th Century Needlework
A raised needlework picture, the central medallion worked in coloured silks in tent stitch depicting fisherman by a river, with a craggy hill and town beyond, bordered with coloured purl, with ivory satin surround with a peacock, parrot, griffin and lion amongst flowers and insects, with a walled city above, worked in a variety of stitches including rococo, detached button hole and satin--38 x 32cm., framed and glazed, English, mid 17th century

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A raised needlework picture, the central medallion worked in coloured silks in tent stitch depicting fisherman by a river, with a craggy hill and town beyond, bordered with coloured purl, with ivory satin surround with a peacock, parrot, griffin and lion amongst flowers and insects, with a walled city above, worked in a variety of stitches including rococo, detached button hole and satin--38 x 32cm., framed and glazed, English, mid 17th century
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