Antique Needlework Painting of Harvest

Late 18th century, silk and wool on silk ground, with painted features, depicting a rural scene of a grape harvest involving women and children in a bucolic landscape, in wood frame, under glass with black and gold eglomise border.

29 3/4 x 24 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.

From the Wood Family’s Historic Mulberry Hill Home, Edenton, North Carolina

Significant fading and discoloration; holes and shredding to silk; needlework has shifted inside the frame, leaving a gap to one side.