SOLD Early Flame Stitch Embroidery on Linen Fragment in (Lovely) Later Art Nouveau Frame treen ink bottle and surely a medical book

and surely a medical book

Paper is 8 7/16" w with each puzzle about 5 3/4" l

Wonderfully primitive in the manner of the carving

Bottom chain: 12 1/2" x 1 1/4"

SOLD Early Flame Stitch Embroidery on Linen Fragment in (Lovely) Later Art Nouveau Frame treen ink bottle and surely a medical bookI'm always ooh ing and aah ing over antique flame stitch embroidery, which one most often sees on embroidered wallets of the 18th century so beautiful, but invariably way beyond my reach. This patch of flame stitching on linen satisfies the itch, though I'm guessing done just as a practice sampler of sorts. The linen is nothing for than loose threads in a couple of area and just sort of folded into the frame to stabilize it, but the embroidery itself