A mid-17th century stumpwork picture
Featuring a central oval cartouche of a gentleman playing a lute, seated beside a lady in a rural landscape with castles in the distance, surrounded by a deep border of animals, flowers and insects, worked on cream silk satin in cross, rococo and satin stitch, detached buttonhole and applied purled wire, covered with a layer of conservation net, within a gilt frame,
32.5cm x 42.5cm (42.5cm x 52cm including frame)
32.5cm x 42.5cm (42.5cm x 52cm including frame)
Sold for
£1,187
inc. premium
Category: Collectibles / Costume and Textiles
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Claire Browne
Bonhams
Work
The Old House
Solihull,
B93 0HT
United Kingdom
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+44 1564 732969
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Costume and Textiles