An extremely rare and fine needlework, Late Elizabethan/Early Jacobean, it shows an aerial view of a garden quadrangle with flowers, shrubs and trees. Worked in gold and silver thread on a silk background, accompanied by silk thread flowers and silver spangles .. these have tarnished over the centuries and now show as dark grey. This is a remarkable survival of costly and aristocratic fashion of the period in astonishingly good condition. It is now in a reproduction frame of 17th century type. SIZE: 10 x 12.25 inches embroidery. 17 x 19.5 inches framed size. PROVENANCE: Private Collection for the last 40 years. Internal Ref: embroid
Dimensions
Height = 43 cm (17")
Width = 49.5 cm (20")
Depth = 4 cm (2")
Metal Thread Needlework, c.1580-c.1620.
Price
£7,950
| $10,199 USD | €9,557 EUR
Item Ref
embroid
Description
An extremely rare and fine needlework, Late Elizabethan/Early Jacobean, it shows an aerial view of a garden quadrangle with flowers, shrubs and trees. Worked in gold and silver thread on a silk background, accompanied by silk thread flowers and silver spangles .. these have tarnished over the centuries and now show as dark grey. This is a remarkable survival of costly and aristocratic fashion of the period in astonishingly good condition. It is now in a reproduction frame of 17th century type. SIZE: 10 x 12.25 inches embroidery. 17 x 19.5 inches framed size. PROVENANCE: Private Collection for the last 40 years. Internal Ref: embroid
Dimensions
Height = 43 cm (17")
Width = 49.5 cm (20")
Depth = 4 cm (2")