Matching chair seat covers of fine undyed fancy cloth with tiny allover diamond diaper pattern. Hand seamed down the center and embroidered in fine multicolored silk with medium-scale varied flowering sprays that are highly detailed. Design is symmetrical around a central conventionalized pool with blade-like leaves and rows of drooping buds rising behind it and foliage extending down from it. Export style embroidery.
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Unknown artist<span style="display: none;">Unknown artist</span></div>
circa 1700 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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