Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 3999086, member: 13464&quot;][USER=20008]@sandybeaches[/USER] Hello! Welcome!</p><p><br /></p><p>What a fascinating little piece! Yes, it looks like a &quot;morality&quot; sort of theme. The little boy standing next to Mum looks like a sassy little rotter also! It appears Mum is doling out slices of cake to &quot;good boys and girls&quot;...</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel this is British also. The dwellings in the back ground also have a British &quot;feel&quot; as [USER=29]@Ownedbybear[/USER] mentioned.</p><p><br /></p><p>The piece has some characteristics of &quot;stumpwork&quot;... but also employs some much easier and faster to work stitches. Stumpwork being 3-dimensional and employing thousands of very tiny stitches - circa 1650-1700.</p><p><br /></p><p>This piece, although it has some more complex stitches in the foliage, wood framework and hat; they have cut a LOT of time by working the clothing in very long stitches. The rest of the embroidery - ie: chair, table, basket, etc... is still worked in long stitches; albiet shorter ones... but fairly easy and quick to work. There is no doubt that this is hand stitched, as is the original artwork (drawn) behind the embroidery.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because it has some areas of very dense embroidery; coupled with faster to work stitches... it feels like a &quot;cross over&quot; piece to me. Not purely stumpwork and not traditional embroidery; but employing both. The theme is not reminiscent of traditional stumpwork either; as that was very stylized. As mentioned; the foliage and the wood framework and the men&#039;s hat in this piece is very reminiscent of stumpwork; and in studying EARLY US pieces; they also utilized both type of embroideries....still, I&#039;m leaning toward a British pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an observation: I feel it is unfinished. It looks like there was a rendering that the entire piece was worked over and the heads and hair appear to be unfinished.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d have to do some more research; but as a guess: but because of the complexity of SOME of the stitches... I would like to say this was worked circa late 1700s to early 1800... and also as a guess; that it is silk on silk.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m assuming it is framed. Has the back &quot;ever&quot; been removed? (like newer materials holding the piece into the frame)?</p><p><br /></p><p>Is the needlework smack against the glass? If it is; that would not be good for the overall life of the piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it a family piece? Do you have plans to sell it? Conserve it?</p><p><br /></p><p>If you do have plans to conserve and reframe - those &quot;errant&quot; long threads which are floating about CAN be tucked back into the work by a professional. They should NOT be just &quot;cut off&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>At this juncture: it occurs to me that perhaps I should make a separate post about Stumpwork. Although it isn&#039;t my specialty; as lacemaking is... I do have some first hand knowledge of these fairly obscure pieces.&nbsp; I&#039;ll try to get on that...</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking forward to hearing more about this piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for sharing!</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheerio Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in