''Cross-stitch effect Louis XVI period'', No. 1016, vignettes of a gardener and a girl by a table, the reserves with carnations against a dark ground, in 8 colours, repeat 24 x 18in. - 19 x 27in.(48 x 69cm.), 1951

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