AN EMBROIDERED FRAGMENT
INDO-PORTUGUESE, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Worked in silks to a cotton ground, depicting figures and scenes from the Old Testament with inscription plaques and with bands of soldiers in armour and hunting figures with exotic animals including elephants and tigers
49¾ x 78½ in. (126.4 x 199.5 cm.) excluding later backing and border
And an English crewelwork bag, early 18th Century, worked in wools and silks with birds and insects, trees and a basket of fruit -- 9½ in. (24 cm.) wide (2)
AN EMBROIDERED FRAGMENT
INDO-PORTUGUESE, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Worked in silks to a cotton ground, depicting figures and scenes from the Old Testament with inscription plaques and with bands of soldiers in armour and hunting figures with exotic animals including elephants and tigers
49¾ x 78½ in. (126.4 x 199.5 cm.) excluding later backing and border
And an English crewelwork bag, early 18th Century, worked in wools and silks with birds and insects, trees and a basket of fruit -- 9½ in. (24 cm.) wide (2)
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