A GROUP OF EMBROIDERED 'FLAME STITCH' PANELS, EUROPEAN, PROBABLY ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

A GROUP OF EMBROIDERED 'FLAME STITCH' PANELS, EUROPEAN, PROBABLY ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

comprising of two large rectangular composite panels of 'flame-stitch', probably 17th century, worked in blues and shades of brown, with some red (190 by 93cm; 6ft. 2in., 3ft. and 195 by 100cm; 6ft. 4in., 3ft. 3in.), together with other panels with gentle curving line design, worked in yellow, pink and blue, mounted as a long cushion (38 by 67cm; 1ft. 2in., 2ft. 2in.) and a double sided square cushion (38 by 41cm; 1ft. 2in., 1ft. 4in.), and one long strip (38 by 206cm; 1ft. 2in., 6ft. 9in.), all edged on one side with fringing, together with English embroidered pieces, circa 1720, comprising of a rectangular panel (perhaps a baby crib coverlet), Portuguese or English, 17th century, embroidered with a foliate and diaper ground pattern, worked in saffron silk on cream, edged with silvered metal thread ribbon (61 by 85cm; 2ft., 2ft. 9in.), and a smaller panel of saffron diaper pattern, possibly reverse of pillow slip (42 by 55cm; 1ft. 9in., 1ft. 4in.)