A silk and chenille embroidered picture with a peacock and hen perched in a tree on a hillock, worked against an ivory silk ground--19 x 21½in. (48 x 54cm.), framed and glazed, second half of 18th century; and another similar embroidered in coloured silks with scrolling carnations, pommegranates and other flowers--22 x 17¼in. (55 x 43cm.), mounted, mid 18th century, stained

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A silk and chenille embroidered picture with a peacock and hen perched in a tree on a hillock, worked against an ivory silk ground--19 x 21½in. (48 x 54cm.), framed and glazed, second half of 18th century; and another similar embroidered in coloured silks with scrolling carnations, pommegranates and other flowers--22 x 17¼in. (55 x 43cm.), mounted, mid 18th century, stained
See Illustration of first embroidery
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