AN ITALIAN SILK EMBROIDERY CASKET

Lot 173
19.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 3 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1030846
Lot 173 | AN ITALIAN SILK EMBROIDERY CASKET
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$ 3 000 – 5 000
AN ITALIAN SILK EMBROIDERY CASKET

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.
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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