Charming Appliquéd Still Life with Early 18th Century Silk Embroidered Flowers, Bird and Fruit: C1910 English Persian textiles The cap or bonnet is

The cap or bonnet is fully lined in its original bottle green silk

commensurate with age

The colouring of this panel makes it really special

In good antique condition with a scattering of marks to plain areas of silk

under a shelf or as a wallhanging

Charming Appliquéd Still Life with Early 18th Century Silk Embroidered Flowers, Bird and Fruit: C1910 English Persian textiles The cap or bonnet isThe minute I saw this I knew it was special. Scrawled on the reverse card and barely legible was Hand embroidery worked on a cream silk bedspread around 1720. Handmade by somone with a good eye around 1910 20, they have carefully cut the silk embroidered slips and arranged them onto a linen background with silk foreground to form this charming appliqud still life with bird. We carefully removed the frame, which did not do the piece justice) and the