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Embroidered panels, 4 pcs., wool on wool, ca 186-190,5 x 131,5-137 cm per piece, probably England 18th century.

Estimate
50 000 - 70 000 SEK
4 740 - 6 640 EUR
5 430 - 7 600 USD
Hammer price
230 000 SEK
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Purchasing info
Embroidered panels, 4 pcs., wool on wool, ca 186-190,5 x 131,5-137 cm per piece, probably England 18th century.

Each panel sewn together of two pieces of fabric. A blue ground with polychrome embroideries of allegorical figures, flowers, animals, depicted paintings and Chinese porcelain as well as symbols for, for example, the male (a crane/a stork and a rooster), female symbols, the dog which symbolizes fidelity and the monkey which symbolizes wit and humor. Later lining.

Some wear, slightly dirty, stains, damages, repairs.

Provenance

Bukowskis auction, A306, 23-25 September 1936, catalogue number 447, with stated provenance "From the princely Lichtenstein collections".