Daniel in the Lion's Den, Fine Antique European Embroidery, 17th-18th c. painting of George washington Pulling off the top of

Pulling off the top of the box reveals more finely incised decoration on the sides of the lower half

maybe 1870s-80s

What's going on the other sides is a bit less clear

I love the fact that making these reflected an increasing popular interest in the natural world and also a greater freedom for women and girls--an excuse to venture out on their own toward to the sea

there is a small part of me that thinks they are actually Surrealist creations

Daniel in the Lion's Den, Fine Antique European Embroidery, 17th-18th c. painting of George washington Pulling off the top ofOne of my favorite Brimfield finds, this is a very old, wonderfully done embroidery, I believe most likely English and dating to the 1700s, though perhaps even earlier. Most embroideries of that period depicted religious subject matter, and surely it is Daniel in the lion's den here clearly, with happily lounging lion to either side of him, safe from harm. Though certainly the colors on this were once brighter, greens and blues and the red of one's