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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:
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 1 - condition of the beads and fabric
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 2 - based on the photos, it looks like the bird and nest =
are
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> 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,
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:52:10 -0500, Dianne Lewandowski
> >A very beautiful piece. =A0Judging from books I have around, I'm guessin=
g
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> >1920s to 1950s. =A0But it could definitely be older. =A0You'd need a tex=
tile
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> >curator to know for sure. =A0And even that might not help except to give
> >you a ballpark.
> >Thanks for sharing!
> >Dianne
Fran, "Chenille thread" is the term I was looking for. I knew it was
not regular embroidery. Nothing like the surface embroidery or cross
stitch I was used to but I couldn't quite figure it out. . Now I have
to go look up how one works with chenille thread in embroidery. It is
a new concept for me. Thank you so much for your input
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> > how I miss stitching. So many beautiful things you can make and
> > wonderful techniques to learn.- Hide quoted text -
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> Just nosy - why aren't you stitching anymore?