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Crewelwork panel (c. 1700 English)

Reference no. 85168

Medium

wool

Dimensions

118.00cm wide    251.00cm high    (46.46 inches wide  98.82 inches high)

Literature

Similar animals and birds appear on curtains in the Victoria and Albert Museum
( Museum No. T172-1923) and the Metropolitan Museum (Accession Number 08.186a)

Another panel with the same design is illustrated in Lanto Synge, Art of Embroidery, pl. 161, p.181.

Description / Expertise

CREWELWORK PANEL DEPICTING THE TREE OF LIFE, with richly coloured exotic flowers, animals and birds and Oriental buildings, English early 18th century.