Beautiful Grid, Lovely 19th C. Needlepoint in Hand-dyed Wool with Backing boxers but I found this painting

but I found this painting on Ebay and it just called to me

The name of a prior owner is written on the inside cover

making one think of Timothy Chalamet poised for a period drama

) I'm also rather amazed at the ability to carve stone to emulate the surface of orange peel

with some of his strings long ago snipped but still attached (they would pull right out should one desire to remove them

Beautiful Grid, Lovely 19th C. Needlepoint in Hand-dyed Wool with Backing boxers but I found this paintingI purchased this 19th c. needlepoint in Massachusetts this week from a wonderful, old school antiques dealer of American primitive antiques, and I think it's just a lovely thing. Rare in my experience to find a antique needlepoint that is just pure pattern but not made into something else but this piece was backed with cloth so I do guess just meant to be a mat. Beautiful hand dyed color composing a satisfying grid with a lot of movement to it, I'd