Two Very Pretty Regency Period Silk Needlework Pictures c.1810 sub-Decorative Objects ‘The paradox of the English

‘The paradox of the English country house is that its state of permanent decline

Base Diameter of Box: 2

Putti like this are a classical motif found primarily on child sarcophagi of the 2nd century

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and regulation of hereditary symbols employed to distinguish individuals

Two Very Pretty Regency Period Silk Needlework Pictures c.1810 sub-Decorative Objects ‘The paradox of the EnglishOrigin: English Period: Regency Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1800 1820 In Frames: 21. 25 x 18. 5 & 13. 75 x 11. 5 respectively The Regency silk needlework pictures presented in their original gilt wood frames, one a portrait of a girl with skipping rope in a verre eglomise mount and the other depicting The flight into Egypt both surviving from the first quarter of the nineteenth century. The pictures and frames are in decorative and tired condition