Flowers in Basket, Large 19th C. Theorem-esque Chenille Stumpwork Embroidery on Silk horsehair shop brush at a common price

at a common price

in a style which I believe would be referred to as grain-painting

and his athletes

which could easily be strung by their "casings" now

Certainly there are much more dazzling ex voto retablo out there

Flowers in Basket, Large 19th C. Theorem-esque Chenille Stumpwork Embroidery on Silk horsehair shop brush at a common priceThe more I look at things, the more I want to find things I've not seen before, and even better when they merge some of my favorite things in unexpected ways. This one is such, an unusual convergence, at least to my eye, of stumpwork embroidery, executed in chenille on silk, with theorem painting as the embroidery very much mimics a theorem on velvet of a basket of flowers in terms not just of composition but also manner of execution, exemplified