Antique Framed Needlework on Linen with Towers of Flowers and Steamboat, Initialed LAO bird and flowers but they were carved slightly

but they were carved slightly unevenly

and really lovely

Both frame and drawing in very good condition

He measures 6" long

Antique Framed Needlework on Linen with Towers of Flowers and Steamboat, Initialed LAO bird and flowers but they were carved slightlyThis one I found near impossible to photograph well through the glass, so please forgive the poor quality of the images, shot in both natural and artificial light, which do it no justice. I believe it is safe to categorize this one as a sampler, with the LAO who initialed it clearly practicing her needlepoint skills across three vertical spans of what I read as towers of flowers, rising from the three urns opening up along the bottom. And then this