ID 1030846
Lot 173 | AN ITALIAN SILK EMBROIDERY CASKET
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
THE EMBROIDERY CIRCA 1720, THE CASKET 19TH CENTURY
The polychrome embroidery worked in bouillon and couching stitches on silk satin with silk and metallic thread, later mounted on a 19th century casket with ormolu feet, the interior in a blue moire silk
18 ¼ in. (46.4 cm.) high; 20 in. (50.8 cm.) wide; 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from Spink & Son Ltd., by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1996.
| Applied technique: | Embroidery |
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| Medium: | Silk, Textile |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Applied technique: | Embroidery |
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| Medium: | Silk, Textile |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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