A fine panel of 16th century silk and metal thread embroidery on silk, Florentine, Italian, circa 1570
REF: 1202
Designed with sinuous foliate arabesques and a fruit-filled lattice basket, finely worked throughout in gilt thread and coloured silks, on a crimson silk ground, later adapted as a table runner, edged with 18th century metallic braid and backed with linen
- Width 103 cm / 40 3⁄4"
- Depth 21 cm / 8 1⁄2"
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