Needlepoint Lion & Lamb Framed Antique?

Hi, this was my late 2nd. DH's Mom's framed needlepoint. It looks antique to me BWDIK? Looks like a basic needlepoint stitch.
Thanks for any input

 

Well, that wooden backing certainly looks older, but with that stuff behind it I would have expected to see damage to the needlepoint from the acid if it had been there 100 years. BWDIK

 

Thanks Bakers, its always been in that frame since we met in 1984,it may have lived in it since its inception so I guess its just vintage

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The frame looked antique to me.

 

From the look of the yarn used, the frame is older than the needlepoint.

 

I am going to hazard a guess and say 1940's on the needlepoint (because of the expression on the lion's face).

However, I'd check to see what's under that back board. That wood could be leaching into the sampler.

 

1970s-early 1980s - probalby not much before OP purchased it.

 

Squared if the yarn used is anything other than wool. They didn't start using wool blend or acrylic until the late 70s.

 

I didn't purchase it,it was my late husbands Mom's. Looks like an amature did it if you look close.Maybe his Mom bought it. I have seen his family pics with this on the wall in the 60's before he and I met in 84. I do think the frame is older though.
Someday I will find a nice old painting to put in this frame as I really love the carving.
Thanks for all the replies

 

Maybe she made it and put it in an old frame. Hard to say.

 

She could have, I have done that with a lot of frames.

 

Hi,
I would take it apart, the wood will discolor the wool and hasten it's break down. I would take a clear coating around the rabit on the frame and at least keep the wood backing from touching the wool. You can put it back together until you find an another use for the frame. I LOVE the frame.
greg

 

It's already been in that frame for about 50 years.
I think the lamb looks like it is saying "Are you my friend?", and the lion is thinking "They're so cute when they're dumb.".

 

A lion, a donkey and a raven all got together to go hunting one day. At the end of the day, they had accumulated quite a pile of stuff. The lion asked the donkey to divide it up fairly, so the donkey applied itself to creating three nicely balanced piles. The lion looked them over and with one swipe of its paw, killed the donkey. He tossed the donkey’s carcass onto one of the piles and then told the raven to divide all the stuff again… fairly. A lot of work for a raven, but he managed to get all the stuff into one pile, except for half of a small and rotting fish. The lion looked at the result and nodded approvingly. “How did you manage to be so fair,” he asked.

The raven replied, “I learned from the donkey.”

 

Late 60s/early 70s from the design and stitching. Ma did loads of these. The image is interesting: I think it's based on the work of an English artist called Sheila Flinn. I own a couple of her paintings, which Ma bought new in the late 60s. I can't find an on line example of the one I'm thinking of, but take a look at these: http://www.theburtongallery.co.uk/site/artists.php?prod_id=63

http://www.tooveys.com/cat-sales.asp?CATID=1&page=9&auctionid=&auctiondate=17/04/2013

 

Mom made pillows for me with my name on them.....1970's.

 

One never seems to ask questions about items hanging around the home..then when loved ones have departed do all the questions appear.