Two pillow covers or beers of linen worked with strawberries peas, pomegranates, honeysuckle, roses, thistles, lilies and vines, outlined in red silk, now cut into a smaller pillow case and four panels - the small pillow case 16 x 22in., two panels 22 x 16in. two smaller panels 12 x 16in. - formerly two beers 22 x 32in., English circa 1600

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Two pillow covers or beers of linen worked with strawberries peas, pomegranates, honeysuckle, roses, thistles, lilies and vines, outlined in red silk, now cut into a smaller pillow case and four panels - the small pillow case 16 x 22in., two panels 22 x 16in. two smaller panels 12 x 16in. - formerly two beers 22 x 32in., English circa 1600
See Colour Plate 3
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Provenance
Mrs Gilroy, the vendor's grandmother who lived at Fingask Castle between 1925 and 1965

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