Georgian Silk Work Picture Of Young Boy With Dog - Hand Painted Head And Hands
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:161211 | Colour: Soft pastels |
| Type/ Features: Embroidery, Silk long and short stitch | Product: Framed Items |
| Sub-Type: Embroidered picture | Material: Silk |
| Style/ Origin: Georgian |
This charming original Georgian silk work picture measures 8.5” x 7” at the widest points in its oval frame. The boy’s head and hands, and the sky, is hand painted. The buttons on his coat are stitched in metallic threads, and his clothes, the dog, tree, foliage and foreground are stitched in silk long and short stitch. There is a split in the silk across the sky, and the frame in places has had the gilded paint chipped off. Charming subject and soft, fade...d colours. The frame is glazed.
