Solidly Stitched Needlework

A delightful little piece, this was worked in silk and chenille and has a highly appealing texture – the raised bowl, flowers, large bird and dog were created with very tight silk chenille stitches. The composition sits on a variegated green lawn and the entire background was worked in beige silk cross-stitches. A moth, worked in subtle colors, flies in the space upper left. A lineup of little motifs worked with metallic beads embellishes the top of the picture, adding to it nicely. 

Worked in silk and chenille and metallic beads on linen, it is in excellent condition and has been conservation mounted into a 19th century gold leaf frame.