A pair of chenille and silk appliqué pictures with painted, silk and metal thread details, one depicting Christ meeting the Woman of Samaria at a well, the other a "Noli me tangere" scene with Mary Magdalene kneeling before Christ "the Gardener"--23 x 15½in. (58 x 39cm.) and 24 x 16½in. (60 x 41cm.), mid 19th century, framed and glazed (modern); and a gros and petit point panel worked in coloured silks and wools, the central field with Comedia D'Arte figures--32 x 36in. (80 x 90cm.), framed and glazed, mid 18th century, cut down with extensive later restorations and repairs (3)

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A pair of chenille and silk appliqué pictures with painted, silk and metal thread details, one depicting Christ meeting the Woman of Samaria at a well, the other a "Noli me tangere" scene with Mary Magdalene kneeling before Christ "the Gardener"--23 x 15½in. (58 x 39cm.) and 24 x 16½in. (60 x 41cm.), mid 19th century, framed and glazed (modern); and a gros and petit point panel worked in coloured silks and wools, the central field with Comedia D'Arte figures--32 x 36in. (80 x 90cm.), framed and glazed, mid 18th century, cut down with extensive later restorations and repairs (3)

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