Antique Victorian Needlepoint Embroidery Sampler Panel, Girls w Letter, No Frame portrait mininature 5" in depth

5" in depth

the French means of conservation and not a restoration

Beautiful more bronze framework on this one includes heavy solid cabriole legs

and is 4" deep

The opulent engraved work on the blade of the letter opener makes it a work of art

Antique Victorian Needlepoint Embroidery Sampler Panel, Girls w Letter, No Frame portrait mininature 5" in depthThis is a c. 1830s hand worked sampler in wool and silk yarns, very early Victorian needlepoint. The figural representation is of 2 young women sharing a letter, obviously a love letter. The special box it's arrived in might suggest it is a proposal. Quite often these needlepoints have been "after" a painting. But at listing, I'm not finding it. "The Letter" is a theme often painted, and represents all manner of emotion from love to loss to