A Charles II embroidered picture, circa 1660


Of a young woman playing the lute, under an arch of branches - with pears, apples, grapes, flowers and leaves - each corner with a castle, an exotic bird, a fountain or a winged-horse, worked in coloured silks, coiled metal thread, and with raised work, on a cream silk ground, framed and glazed, 21.5cm x 30cm