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    THE EUROPEAN NOBLE HOUSE SALE

    Amsterdam

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    17 December 2002

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    • Fourteen panels of silk and go
    Lot 22

    Fourteen panels of silk and gold-thread embroidered black velvet

    ITALIAN OR FRENCH, POSSIBLY EARLY 17TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    EUR 311

    Estimate

    EUR 500 - EUR 700

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    Fourteen panels of silk and gold-thread embroidered black velvet
    Italian or French, possibly early 17th Century
    Each panel centred by a grotesque mask issuing floral and foliate sprays, the panels joined with foliate gold-thread bands, with a canvas backing mounted on a later stretcher, losses to the mebroidery and the velvet
    185cm. x 94cm.
    See illustration (14)

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