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Charles I Embroidered, Picture of "Judgment of Solomon"
   
       
       
           
     
   
   
  A circa 1630 silk floss embroidered needlework picture depicting the Judgment of Solomon showing
Charles I as Solomon, seated under a canopy/pavilion with a soldier holding a child upside down.
The disputing mothers on other side, the castle in the background with assorted animal life. The
whole embroidery is surrounded with green silk fringe. Notice the size of the animals compared to
the human head, this is due to the fact the people and animals were originally traced from a book or
by an artist before being stitched. Framed and glazed in a period gold gilded frame.

Condition: No stains, no discoloring from age, no holes, excellent condition with minor tiny chips to
the frame.

The story: Two new mothers approach Solomon, bringing with them a single baby boy. Each mother
presents the same story - she and the other woman live together. One night, soon after the birth of
their respective children, the other woman woke to find that she had smothered her own baby in her
sleep. In anguish and jealousy, she took her dead son and exchanged it with the other's child. The
following morning, the woman discovered the dead baby, and soon realized that it was not her own
son, but the other woman's.

After some deliberation, King Solomon calls for a sword to be brought before him. He declares that
there is only one fair solution: the live son must be split in two, each woman receiving half of the child.
Upon hearing this terrible verdict, the boy's true mother cries out, "Please, My Lord, give her the live
child - do not kill him!" However, the liar, in her bitter jealousy, exclaims, "It shall be neither mine nor
yours - divide it!" Solomon instantly gives the baby to the real mother, realizing that the true mother's
instincts were to protect her child, while the liar revealed that she did not truly love the child.

 
   
    Size: 14" L x 18" W x 2 1/2" D              Price: $4225.00              Item: #UI08JE-6  
             
     
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