A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED VALANCES
CONTINENTAL, LATE 16TH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Worked in wools and silks in plaited gobelin stitch, each depicting a group of men on horseback approaching ladies seated by the side of a pond, a castle town in the distance, and a wattle and daub fence in the foreground, within a chequerboard border
78 x 24 in. (198 x 61 cm.)
Mounted on stretchers (2)
A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED VALANCES
CONTINENTAL, LATE 16TH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Worked in wools and silks in plaited gobelin stitch, each depicting a group of men on horseback approaching ladies seated by the side of a pond, a castle town in the distance, and a wattle and daub fence in the foreground, within a chequerboard border
78 x 24 in. (198 x 61 cm.)
Mounted on stretchers (2)
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