Antique French Silk Embroidery in c.1820 Frame, 28" x 24" Silk work: Baby Moses in the Bulrushes, River Nile American a hand painted portrait medallion

a hand painted portrait medallion of a woman holding a book

The ivory brush with boar bristles is clean as can be

and no breaks at all even on the slender neck

Even the foreshortening of the leg and the motion of his arms is perfectly captured - again

75" and a carving depth of about 2

Antique French Silk Embroidery in c.1820 Frame, 28" x 24" Silk work: Baby Moses in the Bulrushes, River Nile American a hand painted portrait medallionThe dramatic story of Moses, silk work embroidery. After Pharaoh had ordered all the first born male babies to be killed, one woman, Jocheved, looked desperately for a way to save her new born son. She hid him in a basket made of reeds and left him on the river bed, knowing that the Pharaoh's daughter came to bathe there. Jocheved and her ladies in waiting did find Moses and thus he was saved. The vivid depiction of this Bible story from Exodus is