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    Sale 9733

    Fine European Needlework, Costume, Textiles and Fans

    London, South Kensington

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    11 November 2003

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    • A tent stitched picture, worke
    Lot 347

    A tent stitched picture, worked in coloured silks with a vase of flowers on a hillocky ground from which sprout flowers and grasses, with a butterfly and insects hovering around--15 x 13¼in. (38 x 33.5cm.), framed and glazed, circa 1730s, two small dark stains to right ground

    Price realised

    GBP 764

    Estimate

    GBP 300 - GBP 500

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    A tent stitched picture, worked in coloured silks with a vase of flowers on a hillocky ground from which sprout flowers and grasses, with a butterfly and insects hovering around--15 x 13¼in. (38 x 33.5cm.), framed and glazed, circa 1730s, two small dark stains to right ground
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