Sale 7178
London
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10 November 2005
Price realised
GBP 480
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A PAIR OF ENGLISH PETIT POINT FLORAL NEEDLEWORK-COVERED CUSHIONS MID-18TH CENTURY Of square form with scrolling foliage, with yellow and red fringe; and another covered in gros point needlework depicting a petit point figure of Actaeon surrounded by scrolling foliage, on a chocolate ground, with silk tasselled edging The pair 12½ in. (32 cm.) square The single cushion 17 x 12 in. (43 x 30.5 cm.) (3)
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