Fine early Italian/Eastern Mediterranean embroidered borders and fragments, one marked as from Sicily, others perhaps Assisi. Comprising two finely embroidered linen panels, tight and concise workmanship in mid blue silk thread, quite classical in design, the long sides edged with scalloped needle lace, each length with one hemmed end and one raw, both approx. 26 inches or 64cm by 8 inches or 12.5cm excluding the lace; a figural fragment, mythological beast, or character, formed from the background, in raspberry silk, left void for the form with some light detail to create features, approx. 2.5 inches or 6.5cm by 4.25 inches or 11cm; Another longer length in cream silk with classical design, approx. 17.25 inches or 43.5cm; a long length of cream linen embroidered in ruby silk with a structured, classical design, bearing the seller’s label attributing the work to c 1680, having previously belonged to the Royal School of Needlework, also bearing an old label from the school attributing the embroidery to Sicily and priced at £3.10.00, approx. 34 inches or 87cm by 3.75 inches or 9.5cm; a small modern cuff worked with birds in blue thread (6)