Charming Appliquéd Still Life with Early 18th Century Silk Embroidered Flowers, Bird and Fruit: C1910 English summer wedding This would benefit by being

This would benefit by being stretched and mounted ready for framing

A pair of fabulous hand painted tromp l’oiel panels with musical instruments

Hand worked onto a soft apricot silk satin ground and hand embroidered with symbolic motifs and flowers believed to bring wealth

hence the grapes

Traditionally worn over trousers and a chemise

Charming Appliquéd Still Life with Early 18th Century Silk Embroidered Flowers, Bird and Fruit: C1910 English summer wedding This would benefit by beingThe minute I saw this I knew it was special. Scrawled on the reverse card and barely legible was Hand embroidery worked on a cream silk bedspread around 1720. Handmade by somone with a good eye around 1910 20, they have carefully cut the silk embroidered slips and arranged them onto a linen background with silk foreground to form this charming appliqud still life with bird. We carefully removed the frame, which did not do the piece justice) and the