Antique Silk Brocade Hanging Baroque Medici Design peter paul rubens Black velvet decorated with raised

Black velvet decorated with raised padded three dimensional Silver metal embroidery

Acquired from a English West country house Estate Unused

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Magnificent Venetian Raised Padded Stumpwork Panel

Antique Silk Brocade Hanging Baroque Medici Design peter paul rubens Black velvet decorated with raisedAntique Silk Brocade Hanging Italy circa 1800 The large impressive hanging made up from five individual pieces stitched together Magenta and gold silk woven with a Baroque Medici design Finished on two sides with late 18th early 19th century Florentine silk tassel trim re lined at some point in cream cotton Beautiful gently time worn, faded grandeur appeal with some lovely historic hand darned repairs. Some rubbing lifting to gold silk surface threads