Wonderful 19th C. Signed Pennsylvania Needlepoint Sampler on Homespun Linen chinthe with slightly cocked head

with slightly cocked head

6" l x 5 1/2" d x 2 3/4" t

Very skillfully carved

The quilt-like square one is solid yellow on the back

and useful

Wonderful 19th C. Signed Pennsylvania Needlepoint Sampler on Homespun Linen chinthe with slightly cocked headThe colors and naive treatment of the imagery on this 19th c. needlepoint make it feel about as close to a Fraktur drawing as any I've come across, which makes it just about the ultimate needlework to me! Surrounding this great stately manor on all sides are flowers and shrubs of many sorts, some potted and some growing free and some with birds perched atop them, as well as a wonderfully duck at upper left, a dog and a deer at upper right, and a pair