A GEORGE II GROS AND PETIT POINT NEEDLEWORK PANEL

CIRCA 1756

Details

A GEORGE II GROS AND PETIT POINT NEEDLEWORK PANEL
CIRCA 1756
With a central shaped oval table top with cards, dice and other small objects including a seal fob, a watch and a ring, in a rectangular floral border on a brown ground, in a modern burr-ash frame with giltwood slip, probably slightly reduced in size
31¾ x 35 in. (80.5 x 89 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 18 April 1991, lot 254.

Lot Essay

This needlework panel may have originally been a card-table top. It represents a game of cards and has the initials 'K.P.' and 'M.N.' and date 1756, either marriage initials or the people engrossed in the game. A related needlework panel mounted on a modern table is illustrated in Mallett's The Needle's Excellency, London, 1997, p. 13.

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