Lot 708
  • 708

An English polychrome needlework panel mounted within a later low table first half 18th century

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Textile only: 50.5cm. high, 68cm. wide; 1ft. 7in., 2ft. 2in.; Table: 36cm. high, 77cm. wide, 60cm. deep; 1ft. 2in., 2ft. 6in., 1ft. 11in.
worked in gros and petit point in tent stich with an outer surrounding trail of flowers, buds and leaves enclosing a central gaming purse with coinage, and four playing cards, with one representing each suite, all on a dark brown ground, now inset within a walnut table top frame with glass cover, the table with Cobham shaped legs 

Literature

Lanto Synge, Art of Embroidery, History of Style and Technique, The Royal School of Needlework, London, 2001, Chapter Eight, A Note on Furniture, pp.226-247, fig.233, for illustration of this panel.