Antique Framed Needlework on Linen with Towers of Flowers and Steamboat, Initialed LAO metal object with small ears and head

with small ears and head turned toward one side in what feels like a gesture of curiosity as well

Recto and Verso

warm and radiant

I couldn't resist the combo or heart and anchor on this one

Antique Framed Needlework on Linen with Towers of Flowers and Steamboat, Initialed LAO metal object with small ears and headThis one I found near impossible to photograph well through the glass, so please forgive the poor quality of the images, shot in both natural and artificial light, which do it no justice. I believe it is safe to categorize this one as a sampler, with the LAO who initialed it clearly practicing her needlepoint skills across three vertical spans of what I read as towers of flowers, rising from the three urns opening up along the bottom. And then this