A 17th century large embroidered picture, possibly Franco-Scottish, dated 1606


The whole worked in tent stitch with coloured wools and silks, designed with the Christian martyr seated by a pool, with her sponsor to one side and a priest to the other, the surround with trees and foliage, a house in the distance and a tower with open entrance to the right, the border with roses and carnations and having an exotic flower to each corner, the edge with later applied gold thread braid, 19th century oak Gothic frame and glazed, 82.5cm x 103.5cm