Beschreibung:

A drawn-threadwork border , worked in blue silks with paired grotesques within a foliate border-- 4 x 18in. (10 x 46cm.) ; another similar border worked in red silks with pairs of spotted birds, the borders with further bird motifs-- 4 x 18½in. (10 x 47cm.), small repair, one end joined ; a drawn-threadwork border worked in yellow and brown silks with an angular meandering leafy vine-- 2¾ x 158in. (7 x 400cm.), Italian, 17th century; and an embroidered border worked in green silks with a scrolling foliate meander, bearing a variety of stylised flowers-- 9½ x 50in. (24 x 127cm.), 18th centurySee Illustration (4)