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Georgian black silk work embroidery of girl

Georgian black silk work embroidery of girl

Code: 2423-B14773

Dimensions:

H: 9" (22.9 cm)W: 7.8" (19.8 cm)

£295.00

Georgian black silk work of young peasant girl. The scene is beautifully embroidered in monochrome tones depicting a girl gathering up sheaves of corn in her long skirts, standing below a tree with the corn field behind. In original carved oval gilt frame with framer’s label on the reverse: Freeman. Carver and Gilder, No. 2 London Lane, Norwich. Norfolk.
There is some discolouration to the silk as well as a small area of loss to the sky.
English, circa 1780