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Large Rare and Eccentric Antique Needlework
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Large Rare and Eccentric Antique Needlework

18th century
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LARGE AND ECCENTRIC LATE 18TH CENTURY NEEDLEWORK

Wonderful and large unique late 18th/early 19th century needlework.

Bucolic and bonkers featuring a gallon at sail, a fox, a mushroom, a foppish shepherd and a giant tulip ( amongst other things).

Retaining good original colours and housed in a wonderful antique ebonised wooden frame with gilt highlights.

Perfect for any needlework collector or lover of eccentric English interiors.

Physical Dimensions
Height
54cm (21.26")
Width
68cm (26.77")
Depth
4cm (1.57")
Declaration

The English Interior has dated this Antique Folk Art Needlework to the 18th Century.

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SA1228378
Description
LARGE AND ECCENTRIC LATE 18TH CENTURY NEEDLEWORK

Wonderful and large unique late 18th/early 19th century needlework.

Bucolic and bonkers featuring a gallon at sail, a fox, a mushroom, a foppish shepherd and a giant tulip ( amongst other things).
The English Interior

Retaining good original colours and housed in a wonderful antique ebonised wooden frame with gilt highlights.

Perfect for any needlework collector or lover of eccentric English interiors.

Height
54cm (21.26")
Width
68cm (26.77")
Depth
4cm (1.57")
Date of Manufacture

The English Interior has dated this Antique Folk Art Needlework to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1228378
The English Interior
The English Interior
Sellingantiques verified Since Jul 2023

Specialist dealer in 17th century to the 20th century fine art, furniture and decorative antiques for your home.

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A framed antique needlework panel featuring an olive green wool ground stitched with naive figures, a fox head, trees, and buildings inside a dark ebonised wooden frame.
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Archive I A framed antique needlework panel featuring an olive green wool ground stitched with naive figures, a fox head, trees, and buildings inside a dark ebonised wooden frame.

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Archive II A framed antique needlework panel featuring an olive green wool ground stitched with naive figures, a fox head, trees, and buildings inside a dark ebonised wooden frame. View II
Archive III A framed antique needlework panel featuring an olive green wool ground stitched with naive figures, a fox head, trees, and buildings inside a dark ebonised wooden frame. View III
Archive IV A framed antique needlework panel featuring an olive green wool ground stitched with naive figures, a fox head, trees, and buildings inside a dark ebonised wooden frame. View IV
Archive V A framed antique needlework panel featuring an olive green wool ground stitched with naive figures, a fox head, trees, and buildings inside a dark ebonised wooden frame. View V
Archive VI A framed antique needlework panel featuring an olive green wool ground stitched with naive figures, a fox head, trees, and buildings inside a dark ebonised wooden frame. View VI
Archive VII A framed antique needlework panel featuring an olive green wool ground stitched with naive figures, a fox head, trees, and buildings inside a dark ebonised wooden frame. View VII
Archive VIII A framed antique needlework panel featuring an olive green wool ground stitched with naive figures, a fox head, trees, and buildings inside a dark ebonised wooden frame. View VIII
Archive IX A framed antique needlework panel featuring an olive green wool ground stitched with naive figures, a fox head, trees, and buildings inside a dark ebonised wooden frame. View IX
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The Duke of Somersets House
Kirkgate
Tadcaster
North Yorkshire
LS24 9AD
United Kingdom

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A framed antique needlework panel featuring an olive green wool ground stitched with naive figures, a fox head, trees, and buildings inside a dark ebonised wooden frame.
LARGE RARE AND ECCENTRIC ANTIQUE NEEDLEWORK
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A framed antique needlework panel featuring an olive green wool ground stitched with naive figures, a fox head, trees, and buildings inside a dark ebonised wooden frame.
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Antiques are the ultimate green purchase. By choosing historical pieces over newly manufactured goods, you completely eliminate the carbon footprint of modern mass production while preserving exceptional, timeless craftsmanship.

Folk art needlework panels were predominantly crafted during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as decorative textile arts or educational samplers. Pictorial compositions often depicted local flora, fauna, landscapes, and allegorical figures created by domestic stitchers.

Historically, stitchers utilized wool or silk yarns embroidered onto woven linen or cotton canvas backings. Frames were commonly constructed from stained, painted, or ebonised timber with inner gilt slips to protect and highlight the artwork.

Authentic period pieces display slight irregularities inherent to hand-stitching, age-consistent fading of natural dyes on the front relative to the reverse, and period-correct backing materials such as hand-hewn wood or antique paper.

Textile art provides texture and visual interest when mounted against neutral walls or integrated into eclectic gallery displays. Position above tailored console tables or sideboards to balance contemporary room schemes with historic craft.

Keep textile art away from direct sunlight and areas of high humidity to prevent fiber degradation and dye fading. Frame under UV-filtering conservation glass and ensure mounting materials are acid-free to protect the backing fibers.
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