Antique Fine French Silk and Wool Needlepoint Embroidery Tapestry Chair Back Panel to Make a Pillow Antique chair Both hinge and clasp are

Both hinge and clasp are doing their jobs well and are tight

my French is basically nonexistent and any attempt to translate it via the internet has been anything but fruitful SO

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consisting of three original matched pieces with the inkwell one I just found and it matched so closely that I've grouped them all together

though this one has not signed the work

Antique Fine French Silk and Wool Needlepoint Embroidery Tapestry Chair Back Panel to Make a Pillow Antique chair Both hinge and clasp areThis one is old! I'd date it c. 1780 1830 based on style of needlework and the pattern. Fine embroidery work in wool and silk, it's a salvaged panel from a chair back upholstery, and is excellent to live again as a lushly fringed trimmed out decorator throw pillow. Again, from my stash of best panels collected over decades, all of which I'm trying to part with now, a batch at a time. You'll want to mix match to put together your own decorator dream