Pictorial Needlework, late 18th century

Watercolor, chenille, and silk on silk depicting a young maiden seeking the wise counsel of an elderly woman with her spinning wheel and cat under a sprawling tree, with arched bridge and stream beyond; the arms, hands, and face of the women are finely done in watercolor; housed in ornate gilt decorated frame.

SS 17 x 22.5 in., DOA 20.5 x 26 in.

From the Estate Collection of Jim & June Nance, Washington, NC

Some shattering to silk, not examined out of the frame.

$1,000 - 2,000