Description
depicting the Classical figure of a water carrier, embroidered in chain stitch on a gold brocade ground and reserved on a later velvet ground with gilt braid trim
Dimensions
152 x 62cm
Footnote
Note: This panel is worked after the bronze plaques modelled by Ferdinand Barbedienne circa 1870, see Lyon & Turnbull, 'Decorative Arts: Design Since 1860', lot 397, 6th April 2016 for an example of this work.