FRAGONARD !! Vintage Framed Needlepoint Tapestry/Embroidery of The Reading Girl by Fragonard

VINTAGE FRAMED NEEDLEPOINT TAPESTRY / EMBROIDERY OF "THE READING GIRL" AFTER THE FAMOUS PAINTING BY FRENCH ARTIST JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD

THE ORIGINAL PAINTING BY JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD (1732 - 1806) WAS PAINTED IN THE 18th CENTURY AND TODAY HANGS IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART IN WASHINGTON.   JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD WAS A PROMINENT NAME IN THE ROCOCO ARTISTIC MOVEMENT

THIS EMBROIDERY LIKE THE PAINTING FEATURES AN UNIDENTIFIED GIRL WEARING A PERIOD DRESS OF THE TIME WITH A RUFF COLLAR AND CUFFS WITH RIBBONS.  SHE READS FROM A SMALL BOOK HELD IN HER RIGHT HAND AND SITS WITH HER LEFT ARM ON A WOODEN RAIL OF THE CHAIR. HER BACK IS SUPPORTED BY A LARGE CUSHION RESTING AGAINST A WALL.  HER HAIR IS TIED IN A CHIGNON WITH A RIBBON AND HER FACE IS LIT FROM THE FRONT.   THE IMAGE WAS MEANT TO PORTRAY THE NATURAL ESSENCE OF FEMININITY

THIS BEAUTIFUL ITEM IS A MICRO EMBROIDERED NEEDLEPOINT PIECE WHICH DEPICTS THE READER IN LOVELY DETAIL

THE FRAME IS A GOLDEN COLOR ENTIRELY MANUFACTURED FROM WOOD WITH AN ATTACHED ROPE FOR THE ITEM TO BE HUNG UP.  THE FRAME DOES NOT CONTAIN GLASS

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ITEM IS NOT MARKED OR STAMPED

CONDITION : BOTH THE FRAME AND EMBROIDERY ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS, DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : 39.4cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....49cm TOP TO BOTTOM.....2.4cm THICK

POSTAGE :  Postage method is Buyers Choice

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