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Embroidery
Late 16th/early 17th c

This is for collectors of early textiles who might not be able to afford a more expensive piece, but who long to own a small fragment of an early textile. We can mount this ready for you to frame if you wish.

Cataloguing

probably from a bedhanging, the red wool ground embroidered with yellow couched silk stems with flowerheads and leaves, the borders with other stylised plant heads 10 x 4 in or 26 x 10 cm.

Condition

The black silk has worn away but there are residual pieces adhering to the wool.