A NEEDLEWORK CASKET PANEL DEPICTING STORIES FROM THE BIBLE
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1650
The ivory silk ground worked in coloured silks and metal threads with seed pearl details, depicting a queen conveyed by a carriage, pulled by four gentlemen, in the direction of Golgotha, with various buildings, birds, trees and insects embroidered either side, the top section divided by metal braid and worked with Noah's Ark, the rains and a rainbow issuing from clouds above the Eye of God, trimmed in metal braid with a key hole to the centre
15.5 x 4 in. (40 x 10 cm.)
Framed and glazed
A NEEDLEWORK CASKET PANEL DEPICTING STORIES FROM THE BIBLE
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1650
The ivory silk ground worked in coloured silks and metal threads with seed pearl details, depicting a queen conveyed by a carriage, pulled by four gentlemen, in the direction of Golgotha, with various buildings, birds, trees and insects embroidered either side, the top section divided by metal braid and worked with Noah's Ark, the rains and a rainbow issuing from clouds above the Eye of God, trimmed in metal braid with a key hole to the centre
15.5 x 4 in. (40 x 10 cm.)
Framed and glazed
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