African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021
Lot 384
A Greek silk embroidery
Estimate £3,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £2800
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Description
A Greek silk embroidery
possibly a lectern cover, Ionian Islands, circa 1700
the fine linen ground worked peacocks, parrots, vases and foliage, later stitched together, 145cm x 43cm.
Provenance
George Eumorfopoulos Collection, London.
E. Beghian, 37 Berkeley Street, London,
Dr J K Rideout, Godalming, UK, from the above 25 July 1946 (with a copy of the invoice.)