17th Century British Stumpwork Embroidery of Charles II and Catherine

Item Details

Anonymous artist (British, 17th century)

British stumpwork embroidery from the second half of the 17th century, stitched on linen canvas in silk, wool, and metal bullion threads using a variety of flat and raised stitching techniques including tent stitch, needle weaving, and drawn-thread eyelets. The imagery depicts a common theme of the time with central man and woman styled at King Charles II and his wife Catherine of Braganza, surrounded by a field of flowers, trees, animals, and insects with a castle in the distance.

Condition

- staining and discoloration to thread and ground with uneven fading to colored threads; heavy wear to embroidery with loss of stitching throughout, as well as broken and loose threads; areas of loss and holes to ground indicative of insect damage, in addition to normal aging wear; faint marks and scratches to glass; nicks, scratches and abrasions to frame; chips and nicks around frame; especially to edges and corners.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight measures 15.5" W x 12.25" H.

Item #

ITMG379326