An English tortoiseshell, raised work, silk and wool embroidered mirror frame, circa 1660
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Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 EUR
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Description
the frame with polychrome silks and metal-thread decoration on a cream silk satin ground, depicting Charles I and Henrietta Maria under canopies, the upper part showing a citadel surrounded by birds and lush vegetation, the lower part adorned with a fountain flanked by lions, with a rectangular mirror plate at the center; (tears and wear)
Haut. 64 cm, larg. 57 cm; Height 25.2 in, width 22.4 in
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S.J. Stodel, London
The rarity of tortoiseshell meant that needlework mirror frames that included it were considered particularly luxurious. For other examples of tortoiseshell mirrors with needleworks depicting Charles I or Charles II and their consorts, see those sold at Phillips, 11th February 1997, lot 51 and Christie's New York, 16th October 1998, lot 230. Most similar to the present lot, though, is the tortoiseshell and raisedwork mirror formerly in the Percival Griffith collection and now in the Burrell collection: this example not only has figures of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, but also places them under canopies as on the present example, depicts a castle on the upper side and features a fountain flanked with a lion and a stag on the lower side.
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