Gorgeous Antique Cushion 19th Century French Yellow Silk Brocade

Applied 19th Century appliqué featuring central Silver and Gold metallic Pelican within a spangled star burst

Edged with 19th century silvery gold metallic french braid and Silver tassel fringe

The Pelican is exquisite , beautiful raised three dimensional Gold and Silver work

Showing signs of general wear commensurate with age and use

The Pelican appliqué at one time was salvaged from a religious chasuble and is in good antique condition it retains the central Magenta silk velvet ground

Please study photographs carefully as they do form a very important part of the description

SIZE 20 inches x 16 inches (51cm x 41cm)

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FOOTNOTE

All my pillows are hand made by myself incorporating wherever possible  rare early textiles

I travel extensively throughout Europe to locate  beautiful hard to find textiles , some of which can be up to 400 years old and of course will show evidence of this immense age.

Rarely  totally symmetrical , with perfectly straight lines, without wear ,evenness in colour etc 

 I work as best I can to retain all of this inherent quirkiness to obtain a gently time worn faded grandeur appeal that only centuries of use an achieve

Your pillow will be perfectly imperfect.    

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