The contents of The Grange, Wendover - 2nd October 2024
Lot 227
A CHARLES II STUMPWORK NEEDLEWORK PICTURE
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £819
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Description
A CHARLES II STUMPWORK NEEDLEWORK PICTURE
C.1670-80
worked with silver and gold metal thread and with raised work, depicting the Biblical story of the reception of the Queen of Sheba by King Solomon, the black Queen accompanied by two ladies in waiting, the King seated on a throne under a canopy, with a lion and a unicorn in the distance, with a deer and a caterpillar, in a later glazed ebonised frame
21.9 x 36.6cm
Provenance
The contents of The Grange, Wendover.