A beadwork picture, embroidered in coloured beads with raised work details, with a central woman seated on a hillock beneath a canopy with a snake wrapped around her arm, shouldered by a snail, an iris and a lily, at each corner with an allegory of the Seasons and with spot motifs including a butterfly and an eagle--17 x 13.5in. (43 x 34cm.), probably 17th century, framed and glazed, cut down, wear to raised work and very slight discolouration to some beads
A beadwork picture, embroidered in coloured beads with raised work details, with a central woman seated on a hillock beneath a canopy with a snake wrapped around her arm, shouldered by a snail, an iris and a lily, at each corner with an allegory of the Seasons and with spot motifs including a butterfly and an eagle--17 x 13.5in. (43 x 34cm.), probably 17th century, framed and glazed, cut down, wear to raised work and very slight discolouration to some beads

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A beadwork picture, embroidered in coloured beads with raised work details, with a central woman seated on a hillock beneath a canopy with a snake wrapped around her arm, shouldered by a snail, an iris and a lily, at each corner with an allegory of the Seasons and with spot motifs including a butterfly and an eagle--17 x 13.5in. (43 x 34cm.), probably 17th century, framed and glazed, cut down, wear to raised work and very slight discolouration to some beads
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