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A set of four petit point needlework panels depicting scenes from the Old Testament, French or Flemish, late 16th/early 17th century

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November 6, 07:36 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 EUR

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Description

In polychrome silk and wool threads, each scene portraying figures from Genesis in a landscape: the Creation of Eve, the Dispensation, the Temptation, and Adam and Eve Expelled from the Garden of Eden, mounted in later glazed frames 


(4) 


Haut. 42 cm, larg. 54 cm (approx.); Height 16.5 in, width 21.3 in (approx.) 

With frame: haut. 56,5 cm, larg. 68 cm; Height 22.2 in, width 26.8 in 

Alistair Sampson, Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, London, 11 June 1992