A CHARLES II STUMPWORK PICTURE

A CHARLES II STUMPWORK PICTURE

C.1680

worked with silk satin, metal threads and silk floss, with various stitches and techniques, including: applique, knots, queen, laid and couched and raised work on a satin weave cream silk ground, with a central panel with a portrait of Minerva, with trees and a castle within a laurel wreath, surmounted by an angel mask, with flowers to the corners and with the lion and unicorn, butterflies and a snail

28.4 x 37cm

Provenance

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