Lot Description: European and World Whitework : to include an 18th century tambour embroidered panel, hemmed to the sides, raw edges elsewhere, presumably cut down from an apron or handkerchief, and clearly valued enough to have a careful darn at one side. Embroidered with large and finely executed flowers and leaves; a fragment of linen noted to be "Danish Hedebo" with a needle lace border; a very fine lawn panel, most likely embroidered in India, with stylised leaves, and ovals showing various different needle lace fillings; a circular lawn panel, probably Indian; two fragments of tambour embroidery probably sleeves; a panel of cream linen with stylised design, shaped, button holes at each end, probably a dress front; a small fragment of possibly Ayrshire work, with fine fillings; a pair of oval panels worked on cotton, backed with a heavier cream fabric, both embroidered with stylised flowers in vases, probably of eastern European origin; a lawn panel of whitework insertion, a formal design featuring fleur de lis; and finally a small panel of needle lace worked on net, a cross and "IHS" worked to the centre, with a good flower to each side. Shaped, as if to cover something, with ecclesiastical significance? (12) Condition Report: . Variable but generally good. ARR: Categories: Fans
Lot Description: European and World Whitework : to include an 18th century tambour embroidered panel, hemmed to the sides, raw edges elsewhere, presumably cut down from an apron or handkerchief, and clearly valued enough to have a careful darn at one side. Embroidered with large and finely executed flowers and leaves; a fragment of linen noted to be "Danish Hedebo" with a needle lace border; a very fine lawn panel, most likely embroidered in India, with stylised leaves, and ovals showing various different needle lace fillings; a circular lawn panel, probably Indian; two fragments of tambour embroidery probably sleeves; a panel of cream linen with stylised design, shaped, button holes at each end, probably a dress front; a small fragment of possibly Ayrshire work, with fine fillings; a pair of oval panels worked on cotton, backed with a heavier cream fabric, both embroidered with stylised flowers in vases, probably of eastern European origin; a lawn panel of whitework insertion, a formal design featuring fleur de lis; and finally a small panel of needle lace worked on net, a cross and "IHS" worked to the centre, with a good flower to each side. Shaped, as if to cover something, with ecclesiastical significance? (12) Condition Report: . Variable but generally good. ARR: Categories: Fans
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