A pair Queen Anne walnut sconces circa 1705

each moulded glazed frame enclosing an 18th century needlework panel, worked in polychrome floss silks in brick stitch with embroidered knot details, depicting a vase of flowers on brown ground, above a replaced brass candle-arm  

Very good condition. Some characteristic age cracks to frames. Needlework extremely decorative. Minor repairs to both. Repair as light brown ground bottom right and bottom left corner of one panel. Largely original dark brown ground to other panel with some minor repairs, otherwise in good condition.
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A pair of similar walnut sconces formerly in the Percival D.Griffiths Collection, illustrated in R. W. Symonds, English Furniture from Charles II to George II,  London, 1929, facing p.22 and now in the Irwin Untermyer Collection are illustrated in John Gloag, English Furniture with some furniture of other countries in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, London, 1958, pl.150. For further comparison, a giltwood pair are illustrated in John Gloag, op. cit. pl. 147. The same walnut sconces are also illustrated in Percy Macqoid and Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1954, 3 vols., vol III, fig. 12 where they are described as rare due to the close proximity of the candle and needlework.