SOLD Early Flame Stitch Embroidery on Linen Fragment in (Lovely) Later Art Nouveau Frame mid-century swiss There is a little scratching

There is a little scratching to the wood of the exterior

both I believe Northern European

Made of what seems to me to be some sort of concrete

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

The hand-painted red stripes on these two completely delights me

SOLD Early Flame Stitch Embroidery on Linen Fragment in (Lovely) Later Art Nouveau Frame mid-century swiss There is a little scratchingI'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