Daniel in the Lion's Den, Fine Antique European Embroidery, 17th-18th c. painting of George washington long measure (length)

long measure (length)

The slight irregularity of the cut on the legs of the table also makes me think they were a one off

which looks like more of a ghost than a person

And super chunkily

there is a small part of me that thinks they are actually Surrealist creations

Daniel in the Lion's Den, Fine Antique European Embroidery, 17th-18th c. painting of George washington long measure (length)One of my favorite Brimfield finds, this is a very old, wonderfully done embroidery, I believe most likely English and dating to the 1700s, though perhaps even earlier. Most embroideries of that period depicted religious subject matter, and surely it is Daniel in the lion's den here clearly, with happily lounging lion to either side of him, safe from harm. Though certainly the colors on this were once brighter, greens and blues and the red of one's