Sale 6072
London
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12 February 1999
Price realised
GBP 805
Estimate
A HORIZONTAL BORDER OF BLUE VELVET Probably 19th Century in 17th Century style Voided to reveal a bright yellow embroidered ground and worked with vases of stylised flowers within a chequerboard lattice linked by coronets, with pairs of birds above, cut down, re-backed 87 in. x 18 in. (221 cm. x 48 cm.)
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