λ A PAIR OF NEEDLEWORK PICTURES

λ A PAIR OF NEEDLEWORK PICTURES

EARLY 18TH CENTURY

worked with polychrome silks and wools in tent stitch, one depicting ladies in a woodland setting, one playing the lyre with onlooking animals and birds, including: a stag, a lion and a fox, the other picture depicting figures in a landscape setting, in the centre an amorous couple, to the left a cherub with doves in a chariot, in glazed tortoiseshell frames (2)

46 x 49cm and 48.7 x 52.3cm

Provenance

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