17th CENTURY ENGLISH EMBROIDERY IN FRAME
A CHARMING PIECE OF ENGLISH 17th CENTURY (c1600’s) EMBROIDERY IN LATE VICTORIAN WOODEN FRAME UNDER CONVEX GLASS.
MADE FROM METALIC THREAD ONTO FINE SILK VELVET IT SHOWS A CREST OF TWO CROWNED LIONS HOLDING OLIVE BRANCHES EITHER SIDE OF A STAR/SUN (I have not researched this crest).
IT WAS PROBABLY PART OF A LARGER PIECE AND WAS CUT IN THE LATE 19th CENTURY TO FIT THE FRAME.
THE FRAME MEASURES 14.5cm IN DIAMETER THE EMBROIDERY AROUND 10cm IN DIAMETER.
IN GOOD CONDITION FOR ITS AGE, SOME MISSING THREAD (see photos).]
THE BACK OF THE FRAME NEEDS STICKING DOWN WHERE IT HAS BEEN OPENED.
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