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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 4399529, member: 13464&quot;]Yes, Jacobean are harder to find. I live in the states and in fact have only &quot;found&quot; one (it was in a private collection; that I was called to identify).&nbsp; She had no idea what she had! It is classified as &quot;stumpwork&quot; although there is certainly crewel work in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lordie it was incredible! IN-credible! The little 6&quot; x 8&quot; design was absolutely CRAMMED into an old (early 1800&#039;s?) frame - the plain silk fabric hanging out the edges of the wood backing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oddly enough it was in decent condition... albiet it had dirt and bugs between the glass and the needlework.&nbsp; There was water/condensation marks on the wood back board and the fabric which was hanging out - but gratefully none on the inside of the frame.</p><p><br /></p><p>It had come down through the generations on her mother&#039;s side (English) - and knew it had belonged to her great grandmother. Since the Jacobean scene dated from the 1700&#039;s - I rather think that it had been passed down further generations;&nbsp; than just her great grandmother.</p><p><br /></p><p>She did have it professionally matted and framed ... AND cleaned by a conservator. I unfortunatly only have ONE lovely photo of it.&nbsp; As I said the piece was about 6&quot; x 8&quot; - with another couple inch surround of plain fabric.&nbsp; The central figure (a female) was dressed in typical 1700&#039;s dress with blonde curly hair in ringlets and holding a yellow Tudor rose. She was standing on a dais, surrounded by the most wonderful menagerie of HUGE oversize flowers and out of proportioned bugs and critters! I remember a caterpiller and a butterfly (It was some time back that I encountered it). Anyway, I&#039;ll see if I can post the close up photo that I have... (pause)...found it!! By the way; the photo was taken in dim light and was taken before it had been cleaned and reframed.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can tell by the size of the penny - in relation to the stitches... the stitches are quite minute! Yet the proportion of the leaf to the dress is way out of kilter! You can see the woman&#039;s dress to the left.[ATTACH=full]371816[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think that it was all silk... but there may have been some other fibers used like wool - I can&#039;t remember any more it was too long ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>I felt fairly certain that this had been made for/ or had once been part of a &quot;casket&quot; (in the sense of a jewelry safe) - which may have looked like the photo below and for some reason was either A. Never assembled or B. Was assembled, used and&nbsp; at some point taken apart, panels divided and repurposed into framed work. It was always sort of my guess... that IF this piece had been handed down through the family of the needle worker and IF it had been part of a casket; that perhaps by the time it was 2 or 3 generations removed - that they took it apart to divide an estate. BUT, that&#039;s probably just my own romantic notion. Anyway the following pic is what it may have been part of IF it had been made for a casket.[ATTACH=full]371822[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d always hoped to encounter a piece that was for sale... but as yet, I&#039;ve not. You must post should you be lucky enough to find a piece!</p><p>Cheerio Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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