Stalking Leopard: 18th/19th Century Silk Needlepoint Against Pale Green Ground pretty antique frame I might hang it in

I might hang it in a corner fairly high up as if perched in a tree top and keeping watch

I'd guess it dates to 1980s or so

who make it special

rolled curls of her hairstyle

Stalking Leopard: 18th/19th Century Silk Needlepoint Against Pale Green Ground pretty antique frame I might hang it inI've done some looking around, but can't find another needlework quite like this one, executed in what appears to be silk thread, with wonderful herringbone pattern to the pale green ground and very fine (petit point) needlepoint for the leopard and stripe of green and gold earth below him. I believe European, and I believe quite old it has the feeling of French tapestries to me. Perhaps made as the face of a pillow in a palace, I'm not certain, but