A large crewelwork hanging embroidered in coloured wools against a honey coloured ground with sinuous shrubs rising from a low hillocky ground sprouting exotic flowers and foliage, with long tailed and crested birds in the branches--90 x 73in. (225 x 183cm.), early 18th century, English, re-backed, some re-working and repairs, ground damaged

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A large crewelwork hanging embroidered in coloured wools against a honey coloured ground with sinuous shrubs rising from a low hillocky ground sprouting exotic flowers and foliage, with long tailed and crested birds in the branches--90 x 73in. (225 x 183cm.), early 18th century, English, re-backed, some re-working and repairs, ground damaged
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The provenance for this lot should read "Mrs. Gilroy, the vendor's grandmother, who lived at Fingask Castle, Rait, by Perth, from 1925 to 1965."