A 17TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL LACE PANEL

A 17TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL LACE PANEL

DATED '1635'

the central panel worked with the lamb of God carrying a flag, in green and blue, the outer border inscribed 'Peccata m Ecce Agnus Dei Ecce Qui Tollit', surrounded by figures, with angels to each corner, interspersed with animals, birds and urns of flowers, inscribed 'AD 1635', with the christogram 'IHS' and initials 'NMF', with a geometric outer border, in a later glazed gilt and ebonised frame

50 x 50cm

Provenance

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