19th century, each with a painted silk figure of a girl in a rural landscape embellished with wool and silk embroidery, one girl threshing with a bundle of wheat on her head, the other girl carrying a basket of berries or grapes, both framed with oval decorative eglomise borders.

Framed dimensions 14 x 16 in.

From the Collection of the late Michael Joyce and Archie Carter III, Greensboro, North Carolina
Proceeds to Benefit Greensboro Urban Ministry

Tears and brittleness to silk background; discoloration to some of the wool yarn; dents and dings to frames; damage to frame backing material; not examined out of frames.