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Pair Silkwork Embroidered Pictures of Shepherd & Shepherdess

$2,848.49per set
£2,060per set
€2,427.55per set
CA$3,946.73per set
A$4,285.38per set
CHF 2,269.42per set
MX$52,526.44per set
NOK 28,084.97per set
SEK 26,538.81per set
DKK 18,118.25per set

About the Item

Pair of oval Antique Georgian Silkwork Embroidered pictures depicting a shepherd and shepherdess in a country scene. The embroidery is worked in silk on a silk ground, with painted details on the ground. Colours browns, cream, green, pink, blues and grey. Wonderfully stitched scenes - the shepherd holding a crook, sat beneath a tree, his sheep in the foreground and a cottage in the background. The shepherdess is similar, with a picnic basket beside her. Framed in an old, gilded, gesso frame with rippled, old glass.. Dimensions exclude the frame and slip.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14.6 in (37.09 cm)Width: 11.6 in (29.47 cm)Depth: 1.6 in (4.07 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 2
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1800
  • Condition:
    Refinished. The embroideries are in very good condition. The frames are in fair condition. Frames with visible splits where original joins are present from the making, but they are sturdy. Also showing some wear. Enamel under the glass has flaked away in places.
  • Seller Location:
    Chelmsford, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 232621stDibs: LU4246146636332

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