Pair of Museum Quality Italian Embroideries with Flowers and Insects Framed: C18th Italy display 5cm fringe

5cm fringe

This panel has been stretched and mounted onto conservation board

Measurements: 42

Christ the King: 17

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Pair of Museum Quality Italian Embroideries with Flowers and Insects Framed: C18th Italy display 5cm fringeA pair of (unused) embroideries, originally destined to dress Santos in a high church, which arrived still in their original wrapping papers, these detailed and quite exquisite embroideries are some of the best examples of silk embroidery that we have had in our collection. The finely worked silk flowers, worked in split stitch, have wonderfully detailed butterflies, caterpillars and spiders amongst beautifully depicted leaves and blooms. With centre