Antique Hand Painted Silk Panel Section of Wing: C17th Italy Needlepoint The silk embroidery exquisitely worked

The silk embroidery exquisitely worked in forbidden stitch and has flowers

This textile would benefit from being stretched and mounted

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

This unique embroidery deserves to be stretched and mounted

The ends of the panles are finished with a chevron of purple silk which has couched metal thread embroidered decoration

Antique Hand Painted Silk Panel Section of Wing: C17th Italy Needlepoint The silk embroidery exquisitely workedItem 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