TWO ELIZABETHAN NEEDLEWORK SLIPS

TWO ELIZABETHAN NEEDLEWORK SLIPS

C.1590

embroidered on canvas in gros and petit point in colourful silks and wool, one depicting a caped courtier holding a falcon in a formal Renaissance garden, with dogs chasing a rabbit, the other showing a courtly lady embroidering her canvas in a garden landscape setting, later mounted on a velvet panel and later moulded frames (2)

31 x 25.5cm

Provenance

A Private European Collection. Acquired from Mayorcas Ltd, 38 Jermyn Street, St James's, London, 11th March 1986 for £1,000.