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Premier Auction - Session I - February 3, 2023

Fri, Feb 3, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 416

Two 19th Century Raised Floral Needleworks

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

probably British, oval plush work, beaded and needlepoint floral design on woven ground, wool, beads, and canvas, sight 14-3/4 x 14-1/2 in.; gilt frame with grapevine design in corners, 22-1/2 x 26-1/4 in.; applied silk crepe and embroidered floral arrangement on satin ground, sight 12-3/4 x 12-3/4 in.; elaborate shell decorated deep gilt frame, 19-1/2 x 19-1/2 in.

Provenance: Private Collection, Middleburg, Virginia

Condition

plush work with minor bleeding of colors around design; floral arrangement with scattered stains and shattering of silk ground, fading, scattered cracks in gilt frame, not examined out of frames