Rare, unusual and interesting antique costumes and textiles; for museums and collectors looking for that extra special piece, for new and established collectors and for those with a modest budget who want to adorn their person or home.

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Silkwork picture
c 1790

Cataloguing


Of a young woman gazing at a rose she had just cut from a bush, the woman wearing a black silk broad brimmed hat with silk ribbon, an open robe with vandyked collar, a matching petticoat and apron, all in shades of cream, beige, soft ochre with black shoes, a rose bush, and behind her a fence and large shrubs, worked interestingly in a variety of stitches, in shades of soft yellow through green with black highlighting, her face and the sky painted, original gold frame and glass, 11 x 8 ? in. w.


Condition


Lovely picture in very good condition. It is getting almost impossible to buy these pictures without any damage to the sky.The frame is not perfect and has lost pieces from the outer rim, which have been later moulded and re gilded.