Antique Hand Embroidered Tree of Life Silk Wallhanging with Birds & Flowers: C19th Anglo Indian Set dressing with lovely gradations of colour

with lovely gradations of colour

London has looked at images of this and states that the design is after objects with a royal association

31cm across

Originally made for a retiring official of the Dutch East India Company

A midnight blue silk velvet double size bedcover with hand embroidered silver and gold zardi work embroidery interspersed with coloured silk chenille

Antique Hand Embroidered Tree of Life Silk Wallhanging with Birds & Flowers: C19th Anglo Indian Set dressing with lovely gradations of colourItem Details. This has to be one of my all time favourite buys EVER! Hand embroidered on black silk satin with birds, flowers and leaves worked in floss silk and gilt wrapped thread. Probably Anglo Indian we think this was embroidered in India for the European market in the mid to late 19th century. The embroidery is of a magnificent Tree of Life, decorativly covered with birds, all with their own delightful expressions, some are just brilliant! All