Lot 250
  • 250

A French horsehair and silk needlework picture of three children second quarter 19th century

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • horsehair, silk, wood
  • height 13 1/2 in.; width 10 3/4 in.
  • 34.3 cm; 27.3 cm
within a giltwood frame.

Provenance

Witney Antiques, Oxfordshire, December 11, 2003

Literature

illustrated in Witney Antiques, "An Exceptional Endeavor: British Samplers and Historic Embroideries" (2003), p.25

Condition

In fair condition with some breaks to the weft in the ground weave; many of the longer floats in the foreground are broken; some dirt and marks to silk ground; frame with one small chip; rubbing and scratching to gilding; not examined out of frame.
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