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Table cover of redwork (wool embroidery) on twilled linen, with borders very finely embroidered in red twisted wools in stem, satin, and speckling stitches, with a decorative scrolling pattern of stylized tulips, irises, and chrysanthemums. Dated "1654" in one corner in cream silk. Unlined.
See a related embroidery in the V&A Museum (CIRC.401-1930); published in Donald King and Santina Levey, The Victoria & Albert Museum's Textile Collection: Embroidery in Britain from 1200 to 1750 (1993), p 74, pl. 77.
Good condition; three areas of conservation (professional mending, patching) at center.
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