- 812
A French mythological and floral needlework panel depicting Ceres and Demeter second half 18th century and later
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- Framed: 102cm. high, 97cm. wide; 3ft. 4in., 3ft. 2in.; Textile visible: 81cm. high, 71cm. wide; 2ft. 8in., 2ft. 4in.
worked in polychrome silk and wool in gros and petit point, with a central vignette with a standing figure of Ceres before a kneeling figure of Demeter under the shade of a tree, in landscape setting, all enclosed by an elaborate wreath of exuberant foliage and red currants, with an outer black ground, mounted in a later giltwood and glazed frame