Cretan Embroidered pockets and collar: C19th Crete, Greece beaded bag Made in collaboration with a

Made in collaboration with a professional lampshade maker (who doesn’t flutter an eyelid at my mad ideas

originally destined to dress Santos in a high church

In excellent antique condition with some slight fading down the right hand side

The flowers are painted against the straight foliage of the flowers in gradated greens highlighted with a fine gold line

which have then been reworked into this table runner

Cretan Embroidered pockets and collar: C19th Crete, Greece beaded bag Made in collaboration with aFrom mid 19th century Crete three beautifully embroidered fragments for costume, traditional dress. Worked in pink silk embroidered onto a hand loomed linen ground, a pair of decorative pocket fronts and a blouse or jacket collar. All are interesting examples of Cretan embroidery and would be good study pieces or useful additions to a collection. In excellent antique condition with no damage. One small foxing mark on one pocket and the collar has an