Pair of Antique Gilt Buckles, Owls and Dogs: France C19th wall hanging This beautiful cover would fit

This beautiful cover would fit a double bed but would also make a fabulous curtain

It has been hand quilted and may have been part of a bed valance

All hand worked in chain stitch using beautiful soft coloured silks

This piece has a particularly charming  tassel design around the borders

Pair of Antique Gilt Buckles, Owls and Dogs: France C19th wall hanging This beautiful cover would fitDating from the mid 19th century, and from a specialist collection of buckles and buttons, a pair of gilt metal buckles or cloak fastenings. One pair in old silver or pewter gilt depicts a pair of owls, which fasten together with a hidden hook and eye on the reverse. The dogs, French bulldogs? are made in an old gold gilt metal and are slightly larger in size. Both date from the mid 19th century and are on their original sample card with hand written