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Posted by Fran on October 25, 2009, 9:33 am
I was also thinking the 20th century because:
1 - condition of the beads and fabric
2 - based on the photos, it looks like the bird and nest are
done in chenille-type thread, which says 20th century to me.
It is very well done, and well worth conserving. I would definately
take it out of the frame. first to deal with the broken glass, and
second to see if there is any name or date on it somewhere,
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:52:10 -0500, Dianne Lewandowski
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>A very beautiful piece. Judging from books I have around, I'm guessing
>1920s to 1950s. But it could definitely be older. You'd need a textile
>curator to know for sure. And even that might not help except to give
>you a ballpark.
>Thanks for sharing!
>Dianne
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Posted by ellice on October 25, 2009, 10:23 am
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> I was also thinking the 20th century because:
> 1 - condition of the beads and fabric
> 2 - based on the photos, it looks like the bird and nest are
> done in chenille-type thread, which says 20th century to me.
>
> It is very well done, and well worth conserving. I would definately
> take it out of the frame. first to deal with the broken glass, and
> second to see if there is any name or date on it somewhere,
Hard to tell when you look at these things from afar. It could be from
early 20th century Victorian Revival, as the subject just seems very
Victorian to me. But, again, without really looking at threads up close
it's hard to say. I've seen some pieces that had been put away in a drawer,
wrapped in cloth, for many years - over 50, and a 130 year old piece looked
like it was only 30 years old. It's really fun to look at old pieces out
of the frame, with some magnification and figure it out.
Ellice
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> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:52:10 -0500, Dianne Lewandowski
>
>> A very beautiful piece. Judging from books I have around, I'm guessing
>> 1920s to 1950s. But it could definitely be older. You'd need a textile
>> curator to know for sure. And even that might not help except to give
>> you a ballpark.
>>
>> Thanks for sharing!
>> Dianne
>>
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Posted by deb2604@comcast.net on October 26, 2009, 1:03 pm
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> > I was also thinking the 20th century because:
> > 1 - condition of the beads and fabric
> > 2 - based on the photos, it looks like the bird and nest are
> > done in chenille-type thread, which says 20th century to me.
> > It is very well done, and well worth conserving. =A0I would definately
> > take it out of the frame. =A0first to deal with the broken glass, and
> > second to see if there is any name or date on it somewhere,
> Hard to tell when you look at these things from afar. =A0It could be from
> early 20th century Victorian Revival, as the subject just seems very
> Victorian to me. =A0But, again, without really looking at threads up clos=
e
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> it's hard to say. =A0I've seen some pieces that had been put away in a dr=
awer,
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> wrapped in cloth, for many years - over 50, and a 130 year old piece look=
ed
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> like it was only 30 years old. =A0 It's really fun to look at old pieces =
out
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> of the frame, with some magnification and figure it out.
> Ellice
> > On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:52:10 -0500, Dianne Lewandowski
> >> A very beautiful piece. =A0Judging from books I have around, I'm guess=
ing
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> >> 1920s to 1950s. =A0But it could definitely be older. =A0You'd need a t=
extile
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> >> curator to know for sure. =A0And even that might not help except to gi=
ve
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> >> you a ballpark.
> >> Thanks for sharing!
> >> Dianne
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Posted by deb2604@comcast.net on October 26, 2009, 1:05 pm
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> > I was also thinking the 20th century because:
> > 1 - condition of the beads and fabric
> > 2 - based on the photos, it looks like the bird and nest are
> > done in chenille-type thread, which says 20th century to me.
> > It is very well done, and well worth conserving. =A0I would definately
> > take it out of the frame. =A0first to deal with the broken glass, and
> > second to see if there is any name or date on it somewhere,
> Hard to tell when you look at these things from afar. =A0It could be from
> early 20th century Victorian Revival, as the subject just seems very
> Victorian to me. =A0But, again, without really looking at threads up clos=
e
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> it's hard to say. =A0I've seen some pieces that had been put away in a dr=
awer,
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> wrapped in cloth, for many years - over 50, and a 130 year old piece look=
ed
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> like it was only 30 years old. =A0 It's really fun to look at old pieces =
out
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> of the frame, with some magnification and figure it out.
> Ellice
> > On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:52:10 -0500, Dianne Lewandowski
> >> A very beautiful piece. =A0Judging from books I have around, I'm guess=
ing
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> >> 1920s to 1950s. =A0But it could definitely be older. =A0You'd need a t=
extile
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> >> curator to know for sure. =A0And even that might not help except to gi=
ve
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> >> you a ballpark.
> >> Thanks for sharing!
> >> Dianne
Thanks to everybody for their responses. You are making me remember
how I miss stitching. So many beautiful things you can make and
wonderful techniques to learn.
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Posted by 1961girl@gmail.com on October 26, 2009, 2:14 pm
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> Thanks to everybody for their responses. You are making me remember
> how I miss stitching. So many beautiful things you can make and
> wonderful techniques to learn.- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
Just nosy - why aren't you stitching anymore?
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>1920s to 1950s. But it could definitely be older. You'd need a textile
>curator to know for sure. And even that might not help except to give
>you a ballpark.
>Thanks for sharing!
>Dianne