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Sat, Dec 5, 2020 09:00AM EST
Lot 572

Charles I Raised Work Dated 1646

Estimate: $400 - $600

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British, three dimensional central figure of Charles I seated in an arched back throne with scrolled arms flanked by urns with embroidered flowers, under an arched and scalloped niche terminating with embroidered "C R" over a lower cartouche with the date "1646", worked in silk and metallic thread in high relief on silk ground, figure with modeled wax head, glass eyes, and probably human hair, 16-1/4 x 12-1/2 in.; carved wood frame 19-1/4 x 15 in. - Provenance: Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey

Condition

entire central section of needlework has been torn out, figure mostly intact with some wear to face, extensive overall fading and some loose embroidered elements, overall shattering to silk ground; frame with abrasions
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