Young Lady Crossing a Footbridge,

A wonderfully charming little silk embroidered picture, this depicts a young lady in an Empire gown walking across a stone footbridge. The drawing of her face and hair is especially sensitive and she holds a delicate bouquet of flowers - this seems to us as if it was likely a self-portrait. 

The large tree in the foreground and the low ground-covering foliage were worked in chenille, in varying shades of green. We love the way two of the tree branches extend outside of the drawn oval border. The trees and landscape in the background are nicely painted in shades of gray and blue. A tiny bit of a village scene is visible between the trees at the left.

Worked in silk and watercolor on silk, this is in excellent condition with a very minor area of loss to the chenille at the left of the footbridge.  The cherry frame is original, the black mat is replaced and the glass is UV Filter. There are some slight scratches to the surface of the frame.