Antique Silk Brocade Hanging Baroque Medici Design peter paul rubens Magnificent Venetian Raised Padded Stumpwork

Magnificent Venetian Raised Padded Stumpwork Panel

Butterfly and lovely little Snail

Lovely 16th century design featuring Pomegranates

Finished with 19th century gold braid and 17th century metallic tassel trim

Antique Silk Brocade Hanging Baroque Medici Design peter paul rubens Magnificent Venetian Raised Padded StumpworkAntique Silk Brocade Hanging Italy circa 1800 The large impressive hanging made up from five individual pieces stitched together Magenta and gold silk woven with a Baroque Medici design Finished on two sides with late 18th early 19th century Florentine silk tassel trim re lined at some point in cream cotton Beautiful gently time worn, faded grandeur appeal with some lovely historic hand darned repairs. Some rubbing lifting to gold silk surface threads