A rare set of silk embroidered and metal-thread allegorical portraits, representing the five senses, probably French, 18th century
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November 9, 04:41 PM GMT
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10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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A rare set of silk embroidered and metal-thread allegorical portraits, representing the five senses, probably French, 18th century
Comprising of five panels, very finely embroidered in polychrome silks, with some metal-thread, glass and pearl highlights, each with a landscape setting with three-quarter portrait of a female figure, in beautifully detailed clothing, and carrying appropriate attributes representing each of the five senses, 'Touch', 'Smell', 'Hearing', 'Taste' and 'Sight', each panel edged on four-sides with embroidered brown silk ribbon, with scrolling foliate and flowering trail, all in glazed, carved gilt wood frames
38cm by 29cm.; 1ft. 3 in., 11ft.½in.
For an interesting comparable pair of rare and important figural silk appliqué work and metal-thread large hanging panels (entretaillures), French, circa 1610-1630, with similar borders of flowers and foliage against a brown ground, (270cm high, 350cm wide), see Replica Shoes 's, Collection from Chateau de Cornillon, Loire, France, London, 31 October 2006, lot 40, with extensive footnote.
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