Rare Block Print Panel Mezzaro Border : C 19th Genoa Italy decorative The panel has been conserved

The panel has been conserved

marks to silk and signs of wear as you’d expect in an antique item if costume if this antiquity

In excellent antique condition with one small darker mark

with an overall patina of age as you would aspect in an antique textile

Embroidered panel: 122cm tall x 58

Rare Block Print Panel Mezzaro Border : C 19th Genoa Italy decorative The panel has been conservedProduced in Genoa Italy to meet the European demand for wall hangings in the style of earlier Tree of Life Palampores this is a fragment of a panel which was part of the border. Highly decorative it abounds with birds, nests, butterflies and a wonderful snail. Block printed and painted by hand it uses motifs and imagery influenced by 17th and 18th century Indian Palalmpore and Chintzes. This panel would benefit from being stretched and mounted, a