"Trimmings Embroidery Sample 19th Century Fleur De Lys Braids"
TWO EXAMPLES OF TRIMMING WORK _ CRIMSON RED SILK VELVET, GREEN WITH SUPERB RELIEF EMBROIDERED WITH GOLD EMBROIDERY WITH FLEUR-DE-LYS AND ROSETTES DECORATION FROM THE FIRST EMPIRE PERIOD _ METALLIC THREAD EMBROIDERY CANNETILLE ON CRIMSON RED SILK VELVET FORMING A SYMMETRICAL AND VEGETAL DECORATION OF DAISY AND IRONWORK. THIS DECORATION IS PERHAPS AN ALLEGORY OF QUEEN MARGOT PRISONER AT THE CHATEAU D USSON AT THE END OF HER LIFE; 19TH CENTURY PERIOD OR EVEN EARLIER.