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Auction House:
Cordy's
Number of lots recorded:21
Lots with images:21
Prices available:21
Category:
Embroidery & Needlework
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Rare late 19th century New Zealand wool work picture 'S.S. Te Kapu & Echo' by W. Coker, the two vessels possibly at the Wairoa river entrance with a whare on the far bank, worked in coloured wools, entitled and signed in wool, with original backing boards… ***
*** A rare New Zealand wool-work picture of the fully rigged ship 'Rangitata', c.1900. Original oak frame with wide gilt slip. Some minor faults and glass cracked. 30 cm x 43 cm ***
*** A late Victorian tapestry wall hanging, featuring a couple and young page boy in a forest with embroidered trees, flowers, dog and bird, within a floral border, attached to turned pole ready for hanging, back of the tapestry has some wear. 170 x 120 cm. ***
*** A vintage New Zealand folk art blanket of patchwork crocheted hexagonal panels, multi-coloured, with brown, red, green, yellow and blue crocheted edging, lined with an old blanket, some faults. Length 180 cm width 156 cm ***
*** A c.1800 finely embroidered silk picture of the port of London, worked in colours with entitled below the image 'A View of the Tower with the Bridge & part of the City of London'. 26 x 37 cm. Labelled verso. Minor distress. ***
*** A triptych panel by Judy Smith, Nordic runestones and ladder ferns, wool embroidered on textile lengths. Provenance: The estates of Warwick and Judy Smith, New Zealand architects who worked in Scandinavia in the late 1950s. Overall 220 cm x 267 cm. ***
*** Pair of late Georgian silk work pictures, a noblewoman picking a rose and a country woman picking wheat, minor deterioration. Original gilt mounts but later frames. 27 x 19 cm. ***
*** Malcolm Harrison (1947-2007), hand embroidered linen panel. 44.5 x 58 cm ***
*** A large 19th century sailor's wool-work picture, of a British man-o'war standing off a lighthouse surrounded by smaller boats. Some faults. Framed and glazed, overall 60 cm x 85 cm ***
*** A 19th century sailor's woolwork picture of a British sailing ship, some faults. Framed and glazed, overall 34 cm x 40 cm. ***
*** A 19th century Wool work picture of the sailing ship 'H.M.S. Orpheus' displayed under sale and worked in ivory, red, brown and blue dominant wool tones, an embroidered label to the base, some damage. 73 x 54 cm. ***
*** A collection of five various tiki, includes two ceramic, one early 20th century carved and painted wood, one embroidered and festooned with sequins and one plastic Air New Zealand. ***
*** A 19th century stumpwork embroidery, enhanced with beadwork., depicting an exotic bird and flowers. in deep walnut frame with ebonized, gilded and faux grained reveals. Overall size 48 x 43 cm ***
*** A Victorian red velvet beaded mantelpiece fringe, with seed beads embroidered as trailing grape vines. Length 201.5 cm. ***
*** A 1960's/70's embroidered panel of the Opihi Taniwha, stitched in darker tones on gold silk ground, original frame. 52 cm x 32 cm ***
*** Four decorative cushions, two light gold and embroidered silk and two self-patterned mushroom brocade, all with tassels. ***
*** An antique petit point beaded bag, decorated with a bunch of flowers, metal frame with chain handle, requires some repair to where it attaches to the frame. ***
*** A section of a hand embroidered Cambric handkerchief depicting a legionnaire and lion, provenance from inscription verso to The Duchess of Kent (Queen Victoria’s mother) in 19th century ebonised frame with gilt metal mounts. 14.5 x 16 cm ***
*** A vintage hand embroidered copy of a Russian icon, Mother of God', detailed in colours and with highlighted gold thread. 48.5 cm x 38.5 cm. Provenance: Douglas Wright Estate. ***
*** A Turkmenistan Yomud tribal bag, with felted and embroidered front panel. 50 cm x 34 cm ***
*** A Victorian gros point tapestry bell pull, with brass fittings. Length 154 cm ***