11th Oct, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
Lot 2058
 

2058

A Pair of Mid-19th Century Embroidered Face Screens, a fine canvas panel embroidered with...

A Pair of Mid-19th Century Embroidered Face Screens, a fine canvas panel embroidered with Berlin woolwork, a central feature of drooping berries worked with colourful beads, and the veins of the surrounding leaves worked in tiny metal beads. Edging in cream silk fringed braid under which is a border of light pink silk. Both screens have the same turned wood handles, painted in gold. Pink glazed card to the verso.
Height 17 inches or 43.5cm

Sold for £80
Estimated at £60 - £80


 

. Good, clean. Some of the metal beads are tarnished.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 11th Oct, 2019

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