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Description: | Wool with a little silk, cross stitch and petit point on canvas, the border has a black background to multi-coloured flower and leaf scrolls and is partly divided from the centre by a thin yellow line. In the centre is a simple landscape with two small trees and a priestess by a tripod altar, with flames in a basin, holding a fan. She is wearing court dress of c.1700 for her bodice and 'classical' draperies below.
11 and 22 stitches to the inch (2.5 cm)
Size: 77.5 x 70 cm | License: | http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/terms/ | Rights holder: | The Bowes Museum | Subjects: | 1641 | Source: | Bowes-OAI | Identifier: | http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/collect... | Go to resource |
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