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French petit point
Early 18th c

Of a troubador, probably from a chair back, the man wearing a blue jacket and gold knee breeches with blue stockings and playing a lute or mandolin, surrounded by large fruits on stems, all in shades of blue, yellow, red, green and brown wools, highlights in silk, using fine tent stitch, the border in larger cross stitch with large stylised leaves, 19 x 13 in., first third of 18thc.

Comments

Lovely colouring and subject. This would look good framed.
For similar see: Catalogue of Embroideries at The Lady Lever Art Gallery, National Museums of Merseyside by Xanthe Brooke (Alan Sutton 1992),
p. 122

Condition

Excellent embroidery and interesting subject. Note how the flowers are out of scale to the figure, a charming characteristic of early embroidery.