SOLD Early Flame Stitch Embroidery on Linen Fragment in (Lovely) Later Art Nouveau Frame beveridge pottery n.s. I've seen some early carved

I've seen some early carved print blocks

It took me a while to realize who this young woman with her very wide crown braid and fantastic mound of hair reminds me of--and that is of a very beatific version of the bride of Frankenstein

but I rather like how its simple whiteness now makes him look rather like a butcher

our miss Carlotta

with Japanese text visible on the printed paper used for the papier mache at the ends of the ribs

SOLD Early Flame Stitch Embroidery on Linen Fragment in (Lovely) Later Art Nouveau Frame beveridge pottery n.s. I've seen some early carvedI'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