A small case in red fabric decorated with cross–stitch embroidery featuring a Lion from the crest of the Merino family. Most probably a personal embroidery project of Doña Luisa Piñeyro de Lugo y Merino, Sra. de Paterno, and that was why it had been kept for a long time (Augusto M.R. Gonzalez III)
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Att. to Sra. Doña Luisa
Piñeyro y Merino
c. 1880s
Embroidered Box
Cotton Silk fabric with embroidery
and fastenings inside
Cotton Silk fabric with embroidery
and fastenings inside
2 1/2" x 4" (6 cm x 10 cm)
spread: 4 3/4" x 4" (12 cm x 10 cm)
spread: 4 3/4" x 4" (12 cm x 10 cm)
SOLD: PHP 16,352
Provenance:
Don Pedro Alejandro Paterno (1857– 1911) and
Doña Luisa Piñeyro de Lugo y Merino (Sra. de Paterno, d. 1897)