Antique Needlework Chairback Hand Embroidered Tapestry: C18th

The image shows a mid-18th-century French Louis XV needlework panel featuring a floral and botanical design with stylized fruits, seed pods, and leaves in earthy tones on a light background

The piece shown in the image is an example of Jacobean crewel embroidery (or crewel work), a distinct historic style of hand needlework that became highly popular in England during the reign of King James I (early 17th century).

The design features stylized, highly imaginative organic elements, including oversized "Tree of Life" style seed pods, pomegranate-like fruits, twisting vines, and exaggerated flora.

Stitched with two-ply wool yarn on a heavy linen or twill backing, it displays classic crewel techniques like long-and-short stitch for shading, seed stitches for filling textures, and heavy crewel outlines.

At the bottom, the stylized curving mounds representing the ground or "hillocks" are a definitive hallmark of traditional Jacobean crewel work.

Measurements:
Approx 78 x 78cm

Condition:
Excellent unused condition. May have been used to show as a sample.