SOLD Early Flame Stitch Embroidery on Linen Fragment in (Lovely) Later Art Nouveau Frame mid-century swiss I believe these would particularly

I believe these would particularly have been used for polishing buttons on uniforms

both I believe Northern European

Scuffs and scrapes all over and a little paint loss along the edges

nicely carved from one piece of wood

The pictures refer to Greek gods

SOLD Early Flame Stitch Embroidery on Linen Fragment in (Lovely) Later Art Nouveau Frame mid-century swiss I believe these would particularlyI'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