拍品 832
  • 832

A CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK BOOKCOVER, CIRCA 1660 |

估價
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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描述

  • Height with frame 8 1/2 in. by Width 11 1/2 in.; 21.6 by 29.2 cm.
worked in tent, couching, satin, outline and other stitches on a silk ground; with pearl and metal thread; depicting a lady and gentleman

來源

Joe Kindig Jr. & Son, York, Pennsylvania, 1987; 
Vogel Collection no. 470.

Condition

Minor scattered losses, splits to threads and fading/discolouration consistent with age. Some re-working to faces. Not examined out of frame, which has rubbing to gilt and ebonized surfaces and minor old worm holes.
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