AN ITALIAN SILKWORK AND METAL THREAD NEEDLEWORK PANEL

AN ITALIAN SILKWORK AND METAL THREAD NEEDLEWORK PANEL

18TH CENTURY

mitre shape, worked with coloured silks with a central figure carrying sheaves of wheat, inscribed in Latin 'Obedienus, Fact, Ad Mortem' and decorated with a fleur-de-lis, later mounted in a glazed and gilt frame

17.8 x 16cm

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.