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<p>[QUOTE="Jivvy, post: 402994, member: 8184"]The stitches are pretty blurry in these photos and I can't really tell what's stitch and what's pre-printed canvas, but I believe this is needlepoint. Are the bare bits shaped more like a screen (woven holes) or fabric (solid)?</p><p><br /></p><p>As to framing unfinished bits -- I don't know what happened here, but there are lots of options: I have purchased and framed unfinished bits I have found particularly interesting; needle-worker gets hit by a bus and family frames unfinished piece; piece was left stuffed in a cardboard box that went through a flood that was then left in the back window of a car and by the time the piece got framed, not all of the needlework could be salvaged (rot is real).</p><p><br /></p><p>Wouldn't be surprised if at some point there was a decorator trend for unfinished canvases that looked old, but were mass-produced somewhere. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (edit: Not saying that's what you have -- I know of no such trend, lol!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jivvy, post: 402994, member: 8184"]The stitches are pretty blurry in these photos and I can't really tell what's stitch and what's pre-printed canvas, but I believe this is needlepoint. Are the bare bits shaped more like a screen (woven holes) or fabric (solid)? As to framing unfinished bits -- I don't know what happened here, but there are lots of options: I have purchased and framed unfinished bits I have found particularly interesting; needle-worker gets hit by a bus and family frames unfinished piece; piece was left stuffed in a cardboard box that went through a flood that was then left in the back window of a car and by the time the piece got framed, not all of the needlework could be salvaged (rot is real). Wouldn't be surprised if at some point there was a decorator trend for unfinished canvases that looked old, but were mass-produced somewhere. :hilarious: (edit: Not saying that's what you have -- I know of no such trend, lol!)[/QUOTE]
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