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The basket is made from glass beads strung on linen thread and fine wire, supported on a wire frame lined with silk. Beadwork keeps true, clear colors, an advantage over colored silks and wools, the usual materials for embroidery.
There is a nearly identical beadwork basket in the V&A, accession no. T.69-1936, with the name 'SARAH' and the year '1659' in the border surrounding the central panel, where this example only has the initials DW. This suggests that both baskets may have been worked from a type of kit, or possibly made to commission as a gift, with the recipient's initials or name added.
There is a nearly identical beadwork basket in the V&A, accession no. T.69-1936, with the name 'SARAH' and the year '1659' in the border surrounding the central panel, where this example only has the initials DW. This suggests that both baskets may have been worked from a type of kit, or possibly made to commission as a gift, with the recipient's initials or name added.
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A CHARLES II BEADWORK BASKET
Estimate: USD 5,000 - 10,000
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