Chinese antique embroidery small roundel (40 x 44cm)

£ 100.00

Diameter: 40cm  //  1ft 4" (approx)

Made from what was likely a luxury export bedcover for the European trade, this exquisite small embroidery is done in gold wire and silk embroidery onto silk. Enhanced with a silver braid and later silk backing, possibly used as a chalice cover - no stains.

• first half 19th C (likely Canton / Macau)

Ref. 18256 (BM324)


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