Antique Hand Embroidered Tree of Life Silk Wallhanging with Birds & Flowers: C19th Anglo Indian Set dressing Measurements: 60 x 51cm

Measurements: 60 x 51cm

Originally made for a retiring official of the Dutch East India Company

Included is a smaller panel of the same silk brocade 62 long x 52cm wide

with this specific design numbered as part of a series of 200

London has looked at images of this and states that the design is after objects with a royal association

Antique Hand Embroidered Tree of Life Silk Wallhanging with Birds & Flowers: C19th Anglo Indian Set dressing Measurements: 60 x 51cmItem Details. This has to be one of my all time favourite buys EVER! Hand embroidered on black silk satin with birds, flowers and leaves worked in floss silk and gilt wrapped thread. Probably Anglo Indian we think this was embroidered in India for the European market in the mid to late 19th century. The embroidery is of a magnificent Tree of Life, decorativly covered with birds, all with their own delightful expressions, some are just brilliant! All