Couple Playing Chess, 19th Century Framed Needlepoint on Linen wooden doy and it would be great

and it would be great to see them stick together

with the pedestal base making a trivet underneath it unnecessary

and under her simple cotton dress a smartly wrapped undergarment fastened with a safety pin

He always had a liking for white mice Miss Ames can testify

1868 and May 30

Couple Playing Chess, 19th Century Framed Needlepoint on Linen wooden doy and it would be greatFrom what I can tell, it is the woman that has the upper hand in the chess match, and I'd like to think that the slight tilt to the table here, slanting down toward her partner, was an intentional decision to reinforce the fact that she is indeed winning! I'm far from a needlepoint expert, but haven't seen many done in a single color like this, treating the figures like silhouettes, and I love the sort of improvisatory feel of it, with some of the