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Laid Silk Embroidery. English Mid 17th Century.

Depicting a fashionably dressed couple with attendants against a background abounding in small animals, insects and plants. The embroidery worked in laid silks and embellished with metallic strips with paper faces.

English. Circa 1660.
Framed Size.17 x 21 ins.