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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Wool with silk
late 16th/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 textil

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

As you can see the silk fillings have rotted away leaving the black residue, which somehow does not detract from the lovely design.