Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 6th July 2021
Lot 160
TWO ELIZABETHAN NEEDLEWORK SLIPS
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500
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Description
TWO ELIZABETHAN NEEDLEWORK SLIPS
C.1590
embroidered on canvas in gros and petit point in colourful silks and wool, one depicting a caped courtier holding a falcon in a formal Renaissance garden, with dogs chasing a rabbit, the other showing a courtly lady embroidering her canvas in a garden landscape setting, later mounted on a velvet panel and later moulded frames (2)
31 x 25.5cm
Provenance
A Private European Collection. Acquired from Mayorcas Ltd, 38 Jermyn Street, St James's, London, 11th March 1986 for £1,000.