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A good quality French inlaid tulipwood combination dressing table/writing deck with triple hinged compartment revealing a rectangular dressing mirror above a tooled leather sliding writing service and central drawer flanked by two small drawers, brass ornamentation on scroll legs
* Moorish Table. An early 20th century inlaid octagonal occasional table, profusely inlaid with mother of pearl and bone, the top hinged for storage over a bobbin turned upright and splayed supports, general loss and wear commensurate with age, top 47.5 x 47.5cm x 57.5cm highQty: (1)NOTESA style regularly associated with Liberty & Co, London.
* Linen. A collection of monogrammed table and bed linen, 19th/early 20th century, including napkins, hand towels, tablecloths (including one very large damask cloth), pillow and bolster cases, and sheets, some matching sets, all with embroidered small or large monograms, a few pieces hand-worked, but mostly machined, some monograms elaborate incorporating bows, floral baskets, etc., some pieces with additional embroidery, lace inserts, or drawn threadwork, many items folded from laundering and interleaved with tissue paper, some browned and foxed from storage, otherwise in very good condition, various sizesQty: (2 cartons)NOTESA large quantity of good quality monogrammed linen from one family, mostly seldom or never used.
* Perugian towels. A woven runner, Perugia, Italy, possibly 15th-16th century, a linen and cotton runner woven with a wide weft band in pale blue depicting pairs of centaurs with hawks, between bands of lettering comprising the repeated word 'Perugia', on an ivory 'nightingale's eye' diaper ground, edged with blue and white twisted braid, faded, some toning and marks, 46.5 x 165cm (18.25 x 65ins), together with another Perugian towel similar, with weft bands in pale blue at each short end depicting pairs of griffins, each between bands of lettering as above, some scattered small brown marks, and a small hole at one end, 122 x 62cm (48 x 24.5ins), short ends fringedQty: (2)NOTESProvenance: From the collection of Sir Harold Peto; purchased in the early 1970s by the current owner from Lady Serena Matheson, daughter of Harold Peto’s nephew Sir Michael Peto. Commonly known as Perugian towels, deriving loosely from the Italian 'tovaglie perugine', such textiles were used in both ecclesiastical and secular contexts, and were diverse in function, encompassing napkins, and table cloths, as well as altar cloths and sacristy towels. They were woven in mixed twill, ofter diaper, with white linen warp and weft, and typically had bands of pattern created with a supplementary weft of cotton, almost always dyed blue with indigo or woad as here, although occasionally in red or brown.
Circle of Paul van Somer (Flemish 1576-1621), portrait of a gentleman by a table, believed to be Thomas, younger son of Robert Carey, Earl of Monmouth, three quarter length, dressed in an embroidered Court Costume, oil on canvas, 119cm by 93cm, provenance: by repute from the Ashburnham Collection, with photocopied paper receipt from Lane Fine Art
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