Two Antique Continental Pictorial Needleworks

the first worked in silk threads on silk ground depicting the Holy Family and dated 1731 (DOA 15.5 x 15.5 in.) (with staining and toning; some thread loss; with tacking holes; brittleness to silk ground); the second worked in silk threads and with metallic thread embellishment on silk ground depicting a lady and her manor house and grounds with fruit and acorn laden trees and animals (DOA 11.75 x 16.5 in.) (some shattering to silk).
The Estate of the late Betsy J. Sykes, Raleigh, NC
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Neither examined out of frame.