A Charles II embroidered picture, circa 1670 Designed with a central roundel of a seated figure of Justice, beneath the coat of arms of WYNN/WINN and HERON/HERNE, and beneath a fountain guarded by a lion and a leopard, to the left a young woman and to the right a young man in needlelace, raised and applied work, each corner with a flowerhead embroidered in eye, satin and tent stitches and applied thread with coloured silks on a cream silk ground, in a later wooden-framed glazed case, 43cm x 53cm Fußnoten Provenance: Julia Boyd (d.1895) Collection, Northumberland. Reputedly sold for 3 guineas, in a fifteen day sale and described in the catalogue as 'a rare and curious' piece. Thence by family descent - post 2004 restored by Kate Gill. The arms of Winn or Wynn are vert, three eagles displayed in fesse or, and sable, a chevron ermine between three herons argent for Herne (sometimes Heron).
A Charles II embroidered picture, circa 1670 Designed with a central roundel of a seated figure of Justice, beneath the coat of arms of WYNN/WINN and HERON/HERNE, and beneath a fountain guarded by a lion and a leopard, to the left a young woman and to the right a young man in needlelace, raised and applied work, each corner with a flowerhead embroidered in eye, satin and tent stitches and applied thread with coloured silks on a cream silk ground, in a later wooden-framed glazed case, 43cm x 53cm Fußnoten Provenance: Julia Boyd (d.1895) Collection, Northumberland. Reputedly sold for 3 guineas, in a fifteen day sale and described in the catalogue as 'a rare and curious' piece. Thence by family descent - post 2004 restored by Kate Gill. The arms of Winn or Wynn are vert, three eagles displayed in fesse or, and sable, a chevron ermine between three herons argent for Herne (sometimes Heron).
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