Lot 229
A group of Regency silk embroidered pictures in 19th century giltwood frames
20 November 2013, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£1,000 - £1,500
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A group of Regency silk embroidered pictures
in 19th century giltwood frames
Comprising a pair of oval pictures one depicting Elijah visited by an angel and the other with a woman defending a young child from a soldier both within ebonised and gilt heightened verre eglomise mounts and giltwood and gesso frames, an oval picture depicting Leda and the Swan within an ebonised and gilt heightened verre eglomisé mount within a moulded lotus and acanthus decorated frame and a smaller rectangular picture of a young boy in Regency costume with a goat in a landscape setting within a moulded giltwood frame, the pair both with handwritten labels to the reverse inscribed 'These three worked pictures were given to Mary Wilson by Sir Robert Dalzell', The pair 49cm high (19" high), 43cm wide (16.5"), the image of Leda 46cm high (18"high), 40cm wide (15.5" wide), the image of the young boy, 35cm high (13.5" high), 29cm wide (11" wide) all measurements including the frames. (4)
Comprising a pair of oval pictures one depicting Elijah visited by an angel and the other with a woman defending a young child from a soldier both within ebonised and gilt heightened verre eglomise mounts and giltwood and gesso frames, an oval picture depicting Leda and the Swan within an ebonised and gilt heightened verre eglomisé mount within a moulded lotus and acanthus decorated frame and a smaller rectangular picture of a young boy in Regency costume with a goat in a landscape setting within a moulded giltwood frame, the pair both with handwritten labels to the reverse inscribed 'These three worked pictures were given to Mary Wilson by Sir Robert Dalzell', The pair 49cm high (19" high), 43cm wide (16.5"), the image of Leda 46cm high (18"high), 40cm wide (15.5" wide), the image of the young boy, 35cm high (13.5" high), 29cm wide (11" wide) all measurements including the frames. (4)
Footnotes
Provenance:
The pair of pictures gifted to Mary Wilson by Sir Robert Dalzell (according to an old hand written label verso).
Sir Robert Harris Carnwath Dalzell (1847-1910) was a Lieutenant Colonel serving with the Queen's Own Cameron Hightlanders. Dalzell died en-route walking from his house in Carnwath House in Fulham to the House of Lords.