Pictorial Needlework on Silk, English or American

Circa 1820, silk thread on silk backed with linen in oval form depicting a woman wearing a wide brimmed hat in a pastoral garden setting, lady's face and hands very nicely painted with watercolor; tacked to early stretcher and housed under glass with silk surround.

SS 9 x 6.5 in.; DOA 13 x 10 in.

Private North Carolina Collection

Soiling to silk outside of stitched border, some shattering of silk, has been examined out of frame.

$200 - 400