Needlework Picture of Jesus and the Woman At the Well

Irish or English, early 19th century, silk and chenille thread on painted silk ground with painted paper figures also stitched with silk, depicting the New Testament scene of Jesus encountering the Samaritan woman at the well and offering her "living water," mounted and framed under glass in antique decorative plaster gold tone frame with Irish frameshop sticker to verso.

26 x 23 x 3 in. framed dimensions

Private Collection, Fearrington, North Carolina

Not examined out of frame; showing still bright and vivid color and detail; mild discoloration to silk ground.