拍品 134
134
EMBROIDERED PICTURES
A pair of oval embroidered pictures

细节
A pair of oval embroidered pictures
finely worked in coloured silks, one with chenille threads, both with painted details, one depicting a lady seated under a tree with a dog. the other with a peasant woman with a rake--7in x 8½in. (17 x 21cm), framed and glazed

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拍品专文

Inscribed on the reverse:
The Reaper, a "Satin Piece" worked by Margaret Colville aged 14 in 1789. She married Capt. Carruthers. Died 1847
Sterne's "Poor Maria", a Satin Piece worked by Agnes Colville aged 13 in 1789. She died unmarried 1844.