Pair of Unused 19th Century French Glass Beadwork, Silk Needlepoint Panels to Make Pillows Silver-Plate the outer measurement is 8"

the outer measurement is 8" x 5 3/4"

this excellently preserved large plaque is entirely hand carved in wood stained a walnut hue

brass inlaid rosewood storage and/or presentation box and fabulous condition

It has a feel of Grinling Gibbons' works (the Michelangelo of carved wood

I am unsure whether it is by St

Pair of Unused 19th Century French Glass Beadwork, Silk Needlepoint Panels to Make Pillows Silver-Plate the outer measurement is 8"From my lifelong stash of "to be made up as luxuriant down filled and lushly fringed pillow" panels, tapestries, this pair are actually Napoleon III (c. 1850 70, mid Victorian era) panels that were created and never made up into (surely) the stunning set of matching sofa pillows they were intended to become. Fabulous colors to work, the wide outer silk needlework band is actually a bit of a creamy caramel rather than gold as it comes up in a couple of