three-framed-needlepoint-panels
Lot 612
Three Framed Needlepoint Panels
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
20th century, the largest with Rococo style vignette of figure with dog accompanied by two floral panels, each set within custom gilt wood frames under glass.

Sizes 45 x 28.75 in., and 56 x 28.75 in.

From the Collection of the late Sterling Boyd, Raleigh, North Carolina
Sterling Boyd was a consummate collector and Southern gentleman. Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, he studied art history at Sewanee: The University of the South, Oberlin College, and received his doctorate from Princeton University. He shared his enthusiasm for the fine arts through positions at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Boyd also taught and mentored future art historians at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and later headed the art department at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Following his academic and museum careers, Sterling Boyd channeled his talents for interior design and decoration. His Raleigh apartment was a cabinet of curiosities, each item carefully collected from his world travels and perfectly placed in his jewel box of a home.

Overall good condition; some minor scuffs to the frames; one of the smaller panels with areas of picking to the fabric.