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An unusual pair of Italian silk embroidery and gouache painted paper pictures

An unusual pair of Italian silk embroidery and gouache painted paper pictures, both with scenes from Classical antiquity, one showing two warriors addressing an old man by a cave, the other with two men greeting each other in front of a tented encampment, the reverse with a paper label stating ‘Pair of exceptionally fine silk needlework pictures with gouache painted faces & limbs, sky etc, classical Roman subjects, circa 1810’, in gilt frames. Italian, circa 1810.

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An unusual pair of Italian silk embroidery and gouache painted paper pictures

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$7,917.55

Estimate:

$7,917.55

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