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large central Tree of Life in green with sinuous branches with exotic and stylized flowers (including lilies and roses) and fruits (primarily pomegranates) in shades of blue, yellow, ivory, pale pink, peach, and cinnamon; large exotic bird with fantail perched on the upper trunk; small male figure in fashionable dress hovering over a lower left branch, holding onto a rose tendril and smelling a bud; two female figures in full-skirted gowns flanking the lower trunk, set into a scalloped green and yellow mount with delicate floral sprays and birds' scrolling floral and foliate trail along the borders with exotic bird at each side; worked in floss silk on natural linen ground primarily in tied laidwork with stain and stem stitches; Velcro heading band on back at top

Colcha with tree of life and allegory of the sense of smell, 18th century

Portugal

G281

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