Beschreibung:

A fine needlework picture , worked in coloured silks, metal thread, purl, dotted with sequins and with bead and mica details, with allegories of the Five Senses, with a large central raised work figure of Hearing playing a lute under a pagoda, Sight in one corner holding a mirror, Taste holding an apple, Smell holding a flower and Touch holding a bird on his raised hand, the field densely worked with raised work animals including a camel, stag, lion, leopard and dog and with a castle, the lower ground with a fountain topped by a diminutive Father Time and embroidered with various figures-- 18.25 x 22.5in. (46.5 x 57cm.), framed and glazed, 17th century, English See Illustration