2 Mar 2011
14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street
The Richmond Collection of Early English Needlework
Back to auction 18761
The Richmond Collection of Early English Needlework
Back to auction 18761
A beadwork basket
English, mid 17th Century
Of tray form, with a shaped handle to each side, the curved sides with a lion, a stag, a lamb and a parrot, leaves, flowers and a peapod, with a vase and berries to each corner, the trellis designed basket base with the King and Queen, each having a glass head and hands, an attendant holding the Queen's train, and a turreted castle, clouds and the sun,
56cm wide x 44.5cm deep x 12.5cm high (22in wide x 17.5in deep x 5in high).
Of tray form, with a shaped handle to each side, the curved sides with a lion, a stag, a lamb and a parrot, leaves, flowers and a peapod, with a vase and berries to each corner, the trellis designed basket base with the King and Queen, each having a glass head and hands, an attendant holding the Queen's train, and a turreted castle, clouds and the sun,
56cm wide x 44.5cm deep x 12.5cm high (22in wide x 17.5in deep x 5in high).
Sold for
£10,800
inc. premium
Footnotes
- For similar work see (i) Domestic Needlework by G. Saville Seligman and Talbot Hughes, plate 99, pub. 1926 (ii) English and other Needlework, Tapestries and Textiles in the Irwin Untermeyer Collection by Yvonne Hackenbrooch, plate 72, pub 1960
Category: Furniture / English Furniture and Works of Art
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Claire Browne
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