Antique Hand Painted Silk Panel Section of Wing: C17th Italy Needlepoint The design is heavily influenced

The design is heavily influenced by late 18th and early 19th-century Greek and Roman revivals

Skirt: Waist: 60-66cm

typical of European "Bizarre silks”

Folder has some losses to corners

erimine trimmed cloak and boots with bows

Antique Hand Painted Silk Panel Section of Wing: C17th Italy Needlepoint The design is heavily influencedItem Details. This is an extraordinarily rare textile! Dating from the 17th century and from Italy, it looks like it was possibly once part of a larger wallhanging or banner, probably made to hang in a church. Made from a yellow silk satin that has been painted with pinky red in a cuvilinear design to suggest part of a wing? With shading and movement whatever it was part of, its spectacular. The painted sections have been outlined in silk braiding to