I love collections and I always encourage my clients to find something they love and to collect as many as they can. I have a few ladies that have taken a shining to textile pictures or silkwork, woollies [ done mostly by sailors] and stumpwork [raised work].
Back in the olde days fine ladies were taught to sew. Queen Catherine, of Aragon, Henry VIII first wife went so far as to make the king's shirts. So fine sticthery was looked upon as an accomplishment to which every young lady of quality should aspire.
The pictures were at times quite complex and often based on popular prints of the day. They are generally quite colorful and the best ones are exquisitely done with various stitches. More complex than needlepoint and not loomed like tapestry, the work encompasses drawing, painting and craft.....and expense as they were made mostly of silk.
Two 17th century English embroidered panels of Biblical scenes in period frames.
18th c American picture. very fine quality.
18c scene of a young boy in a garden
A pair of 18th c wax and silk embroidered panels.
An 18th c. embroidered panel
Love finding these....they are becoming scarce and it's getting harder to find them in good original condition.
Hope you enjoy these as much as I.
