A Metallic Thread Stumpwork Embroidered Picture of Poet
Sale 1278 - The Donald F. Moylan, M.D. Collection of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts, Part I
Nov 3, 2023
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Live / Cincinnati
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$1,638
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Lot Description
A Metallic Thread Stumpwork Embroidered Picture of Poet
English, 17th Century
silk, wool, and metallic threads on wool ground.
inscribed Stuart Stumpwork picture of a man with chestnut-brown hair wearing a golden tunic and breeches and holding a book in his right hand Sotheby's, London, 1953 / The poet is probably a poet reading from his own work, verso.
6 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches.
inscribed Stuart Stumpwork picture of a man with chestnut-brown hair wearing a golden tunic and breeches and holding a book in his right hand Sotheby's, London, 1953 / The poet is probably a poet reading from his own work, verso.
6 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Provenance:
Sotheby's, London, 1953.
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