Description
ENGLISH NEEDLEWORK PICTURE DEPICTING THE OLD TESTAMENT STORY OF ESTHER BEING CROWNED BY THE PERSIAN KING XERXES, MID-SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
Worked in tent stitch in silk and metallic thread on canvas, embellished with chenille, wirework, and seed pearls, 13 ¼ x 17 ½ inches, sight.
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