Pair of Unused 19th Century French Glass Beadwork, Silk Needlepoint Panels to Make Pillows Silver-Plate Definitely used

Definitely used

lesser than mine

It has a feel of Grinling Gibbons' works (the Michelangelo of carved wood

The blade of the page cutter or envelope opener is acid engraved on both sides

wood grains and often plain hardware seen here is typical of that aesthetic

Pair of Unused 19th Century French Glass Beadwork, Silk Needlepoint Panels to Make Pillows Silver-Plate Definitely usedFrom my lifelong stash of "to be made up as luxuriant down filled and lushly fringed pillow" panels, tapestries, this pair are actually Napoleon III (c. 1850 70, mid Victorian era) panels that were created and never made up into (surely) the stunning set of matching sofa pillows they were intended to become. Fabulous colors to work, the wide outer silk needlework band is actually a bit of a creamy caramel rather than gold as it comes up in a couple of