Sale 6072
London
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12 February 1999
Price realised
GBP 7,475
Estimate
AN ENGLISH PAIR OF NEEDLEWORK PANELS Second quarter 18th Century Worked in coloured silks and wools in tent stitch with an arrangement of carnations, tulips, anemones and other flowers rising from an imbricated hillock, against a brown ground, some wear with re-workings and restorations 20 in. x 17 in. (51 cm. x 45 cm.), 20 in. x 17 in. (51 cm. x 43 cm.) (2)
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