Help with small tapestry

If anyone can help with information on this it is appreciated. It is like a small portrait. Image is only about 3/12 by 2 1/2 inches. Thank you for any time

 

Is it in a frame? Did it come out of one?

Debora

 

@Debora yes it was in a circular frame

 

@Debora

 

The frame offers clues as to age and country of origin. Please provide us with a photograph of the back as well.

Debora

 

@Debora Brass or bronze around a wood base and glass cut crudely to fit

 

There's not a round backing to the frame? Wood perhaps?

Debora

 

It looks like needlepoint. Probably after a painting.
Embroidery kits have been made for centuries, this could have been one. It could be 19th century.

 

@Debora no backing when I got it

 

Difficult to see, but he could be wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece on a gold chain.
The Order of the Golden Fleece was originally Burgundian. Many prominent catholic Continental Europeans wore the Golden Fleece, as well as some outside the Continent. I would look for a French wearer.

 

I'd think a Renaissance gentleman from a kit likely. Cropping is funky for frame but looks same era.

Debora

 

It looks like Petite Point which is needlepoint on a smaller scale.

 

Yes, we would call that petit point too. Crim only put the size in inches, and I was too tired to calculate, so I had no idea how big it was.

 

Agree with the above. Technically not true tapestry.

 

And here I was thinking Walter Raleigh.

 

@bluumz
Liking your new avatar.

 

My tiny face coral bar pin.

 

Very pretty.
Diamond chip earrings?

Sorry @Crim000 for hijacking.

 

No, those are just the prongs holding it in to the setting. There are three prongs: one under each ear and one on top of the head. (I need a better photo. )