central oval portrait of an Evangelist holding a book, worked in metallic thread and silk, with knotted and embroidered decoration, applied to later burgundy velvet backing, with metallic gold trim, metal rod mounted for hanging, 30 x 24 in.

Provenance: From the Collection of Daniel Bibb, Atlanta, Georgia losses to much of the metallic and silk embroidery especially within the portrait, knotted outer decoration probably not original, velvet ground is much later than embroidery, fading, probably some later embroidery to hair