Two embroidered panels with allegories of the months of September and October - image-1

Lot 550 Dα

Two embroidered panels with allegories of the months of September and October

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 2.604 € (incl. premium)

Two embroidered panels with allegories of the months of September and October

Textile appliques and embroidery, applied thread and straw on paper. Two miniature mixed media "klosterarbeit" embroideries showing allegories of the months and continents. September with the zodiac sign of Virgo, the hay harvest and an African man, October with the sign of Libra, a couple strolling in a garden, and an Oriental man in a turban. H 10, W 14 cm, H with ebonised wooden frame 20.5, W 24.3 cm.
France, late 17th C.

Provenance

Sold by Lempertz Cologne, auction 669/675, 13th/14th December 1991, lot 1609.