A rare and fine pair of William and Mary needlework hangings

A rare and fine pair of William and Mary needlework hangings, embroidered in various stitches including chain and satin, worked with a multitude of different figures and scenes, secular and biblical including: Elijah and the raven and St. Jerome and the lion, with a man and a woman dancing to a piper, a North American Indian, a lady walking a young child in a walking frame, a Turk on horseback hunting a stag with dogs, a maid milking a cow, figures brawling outside an inn, with lions, parrots, a peacock, rabbits, snakes, a horse and dogs and various flowers and trees, all under a stylized sky, each with a later backing, c.1700, 154 x 87cm and 155 x 86.5cm. (2)

Provenance: Purchased by the present vendor from E. T. Biggs & Sons LTD. 26, 28, 30 & 32 High Street, Maidenhead, 16th January 1965.