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C17th English Silk Embroidery Lady in Garden Squirrel Monkey Insects Stumpwork

A 17th Century Silk Needlework. Embroidered with a Lady (most likely Eve) in a garden of fruit trees, eating an apple. Surrounded by insects, birds, a squirrel , monkey , deer and a sheep. Stumpwork tree trunks and branches. Mounted in an 18th century frame behind an antique glass cover. Antique condition with appropriate signs

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