A CONTINENTAL EMBROIDERED COVERLET

Лот 534
23.10.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 20 160
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Лот 534 | A CONTINENTAL EMBROIDERED COVERLET
Оценочная стоимость
$ 8 000 – 10 000
A CONTINENTAL EMBROIDERED COVERLET

SECOND OR THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ITALIAN

‘Needle-painted’ or shaded silk embroidery depicting an allegory of Europe’s ‘discovery’ of the “New World” at center and the Four Continents or Four Corners of the World, worked primarily in long-and-short stitch with accents in buttonhole, stem, and satin stitches in hues of yellow, pink, green, blue, brown, apricot, and white of remarkable freshness; the edges finished with bobbin lace of gilt metallic-wrapped silk thread, and lined with silk

98 in. (249 cm.) long, 79 in. (201 cm.) wide





Provenance

Joseph James Forrester (1809-1861, created Baron de Forrester in 1855 by King Pedro V of Portugal) of Offley, Forrester and Webber, Port Shippers.

‌Private Collection.

Anonymous Sale, Christie’s, London, 10 June 1986, lot 151.

Private Collection; London, until 1989.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.





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