An English raised stumpwork work and embroidered coral Old Testament Biblical picture panel, mid-17th century
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November 7, 10:37 AM GMT
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4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description
worked in polychrome silks, metal thread, purl work, coral and mica, representing the Judgment of Solomon in relief against a cream satin ground: the king seated on his throne under a canopy, a soldier in the background about to execute the child, ladies, including the mother, kneeling before him, all set in an imaginary landscape, mounted in a modern glazed frame; (wear, tears, and losses)
Haut. 50 cm, larg. 65 cm; Height 19.7 in, width 25.6 in
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The Judgement of Solomon was a popular story that commonly appeared not only in art but specifically in English seveneenth-century embroidery. For another raisedwork depiction of the Judgement of Solomon, see M. Gostelow, Art of Embroidery, London, 1979, p.179.
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