English
Wool-embroidered workbag face, early 18th century
wool, linen
Mounted in in gilt wooden frame; framed dimensions 27 x 23 in.; the embroidery alone measuring 22.5 x 19 in.
POA
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Wool-embroidered panel from a workbag; finely worked in single-ply (rather than the typical double-ply) wool yarn in buttonhole, chain, stem, seed and bullion stitches on a twilled linen ground, with...
Wool-embroidered panel from a workbag; finely worked in single-ply (rather than the typical double-ply) wool yarn in buttonhole, chain, stem, seed and bullion stitches on a twilled linen ground, with a chinoiserie design of flowering branches in green, yellow and oranges.
Very good condition.