A QUEEN ANNE EMBROIDERED BEDCOVER, CIRCA 1710, POSSIBLY AFTER A DESIGN BY JAMES LEMAN

A QUEEN ANNE EMBROIDERED BEDCOVER
CIRCA 1710, POSSIBLY AFTER A DESIGN BY JAMES LEMAN
The ivory linen ground quilted in pale yellow and embroidered in silks and metal thread with central, oval, frilled medallion and four corner medallions, all with a couched gilt ground, the linen field embroidered with flame-filled cornucopias and ‘Bizarre’ motifs resembling musical horns, the original borders/valance worked with similar motifs, reconfigured to fit a larger bed with bolster
83 x 86 in. (211 x 218 cm.) overall
The central panel: 63 x 59 ½ in. (160 x 151 cm.)

Provenance

By family tradition, given by Queen Anne (1665-1714) to Frances, Lady Bathurst (née Apsley; 1653-1727), wife of Sir Benjamin Bathurst Kt., M.P., (c.1639-1704) Treasurer of The Household to the Princess Anne and subsequently Cofferer to Her Majesty's Household, during her reign as Queen, and by descent in the collection of the Earls Bathurst.