Lot 249
  • 249

A pair of Regency painted and embroidered silk needlework pictures of Palemon and Lavinia after Thomason's books of seasons circa 1820

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • Silk, Wood
  • height 7 1/4 in.; width 5 1/4 in.
  • 18.4 cm; 13.3 cm
within later frames.

Provenance

Witney Antiques, Oxfordshire, June 25, 2001

Condition

Very good condition with only some surface dirt and occasional spots; some rippling to the picture with original tacks visible at the edges of the frame; one frame with large loss to decoration to lower right corner; not examined out of frame.
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