Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel
Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel

Elizabethan Needlework Tree of Life Panel

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A, Extremely Rare  Elizabethan Tree of Life Needlework  Panel,

English and dating from  16th century,

The hanging composed of needlework slips worked in coloured silks and stitched  around a Tree of Life adorned with floral and fruiting foliate stems

The numerous slips include pears, pomegranates, irises, thistles, carnations, and strawberries, incorporating a leopard at the base of the tree, and various exotic birds amongst the stems, on a linen ground decorated with  semé dots and stars

edged with twisted cord which forms hanging loop at the top

worked using long and short stitch, satin stitch, and french knots

Considering this textiles is approx 500 years it is in remarkably good condition

upper (12 cm) portion pieced from 3 fragments and backed to match

lightly faded and occasional loss of threadwork, some small holes in ground, mostly to edges,

Please study the many photographs as they do form a very important part of the description

The first I have ever found complete and totally original.   Should really be in a museum

SIZE  178 x 30 cm (70 inches  x 11.75 ins)

S5151

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