A PAIR OF REGENCE GROS POINT NEEDLEWORK PANELS
Lot 67

A PAIR OF REGENCE GROS POINT NEEDLEWORK PANELS

POSSIBLY ST CYR, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Closed9 February 2023

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GBP 10,710

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A PAIR OF REGENCE GROS POINT NEEDLEWORK PANELS
POSSIBLY ST CYR, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Each worked with a flower-filled urn beneath a lambrequin and a trelliswork arch flanked by a squirrel and a bird, the urn raised on an elaborate plinth woven with floral garlands and scrolling acanthus leaves; contained within a later border of double ribbon entwined around leafy stems, some replacement/reworked areas
124 x 42 in. (315 x 109 cm.) and 122 x 44 in. (312 x 112 cm.)

With M. Seligmann, Paris.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 14 June 1981, lot 56 (as a set of four).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 June 2000, lot 2.
With Partridge Fine Arts, London.
The Collection of Dr. Alexandre Benchoufi; sold Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 2006, lot 6 ($57,000).

Specialist note

Originally from a set of four, the matching pair was sold, Partridge, Christie's, New York, 17 May 2006, lot 137 ($45,600).