This is an adorable 1960s framed embroidered panel. I just love it and it looks so eye-catching on display.
Mr Owl is a textile collage - made up of coloured felts all of which have been embroidered with a chain stitch onto a subtle turquoise-teal tweed backing. This is without fading or any staining - as fresh as the day that it was made. The background colour is much brighter turquoise than suggested in my photographs. The images of Robert holding the framed artwork are nearer to the "real life" colouring.
The felts and stitchwork have such lovely subtle colours: the felt is pale green, sage green, and plum purple. The embroidered threads are pink, blue, purple and olive green. All very carefully done. Again, the design has no condition issues of any kind.
It comes with its original 1960s frame. The moulding of the frame is thick wood covered with a white laminate and with a natural linen banding around the front edges. The frame is glazed. The frame was professionally made for the embroidery by John Haxton Picture Framers, Kirkcaldy back in the 1960s. The premises was located on the High Street and was a glaziers and framers. It also sold a selection of china, pictures, artist materials, and framed pictures,
The frame is a good quality one and in lovely clean and damage free condition. All ready for you to hang straight on your wall. These embroideries are now getting to be very collectable and many don't survive in such pristine condition - or indeed with such an attractive image.
It is a unique vintage piece - so only one is available. So when it is gone - it is gone! I have taken lots of images for your inspection.
Dimensions: The frame is 22.5 x 21.5 cm. The image size is 19.5 x 18.5 cm. It is 2.5 kilograms unpacked. We can post to you - and this will probably be around the £15 mark.
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