Tapestry. A Chinoiserie tapestry panel, circa 1720s

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Tapestry. A Chinoiserie tapestry panel, English, circa 1720s, needlework frieze with scenes of Chinese life, depicting six oriental figures, several animals and birds, including a monkey and a peacock, with architectural and floral features, remains of borders along top and bottom edge, worked in wool in gros and petit point, in shades of red, blue, brown, and green, scattered threadbare areas, sometime partially backed in coarse linen (attached with hand-stitched black wool), 33 x 138 cm (13 x 54.25 in)

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Possibly originally part of a pelmet for curtains or bed hangings.