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Lot Description: Four 18th Century Embroidered Panels , deconstructed from larger items of dress or furnishing. Comprising a Chinese cream silk panel, slightly shaped and with many loose threads and one seam outlining where it has been connected to a larger item. Embroidered with carnations and other meandering floral sprays, the silk is backed with fine cream lining. An attached note, handwritten in ink, in German, notes it to be 18th century. Approx. full size of panel 13.5 inches or 34cm by 19 inches or 48cm; a cream silk panel finely embroidered in coloured silks and gold couched threads, some of the flowers extremely small. The long straight side has a selvedge. The curved side has two inner fold lines and the narrow bottom edge is raw. Approx. 32 inches or 81cm by 12 inches or 31 cm at the widest point; the third panel, a traditional woven silk used for fine robes, features swags and flowers in blue, yellow and shades of pink. Again, traces of fold lines and three edges had been hemmed. Approx. 22 inches or 56 cm by 15 inches or 38cm; and a panel of embroidered linen, perhaps for furnishing, the embroidery on a larger scale. Silk threads in mainly greens, cream and yellow, featuring carnations and other flowers in sprays contained in formal urns. Four such features but not duplicated. Shaped at one end. Three edges have been attached to something else. Approx. 41 inches or 104cm, by10.5 inches or 27cm. Condition Report: . Panels 1 and 2 are in good used condition, panel 2 having a small mark near the narrow section. Panel 3 has light age discoloration but no consequential rot. The last item has a brown stain near the centre left but no rot to the fabric. ARR: Categories: Fans