Sale 6072
London
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12 February 1999
Price realised
GBP 4,600
Estimate
A FRENCH GROS POINT HORIZONTAL PANEL FROM A SETTEE BACK Early 18th Century Worked in coloured wools and silks with petit point details, with stylised "bizarre" fruit and foliage, including out-sized strawberries, with a chinoiserie and another figure and exotic birds against a dark round, the centre with a pair of angels flanking a shield worked with a coat of arms, recent mounting, re-workings and restorations, cut down 66 in. x 23 in. (168 cm. x 59 cm.)
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