Antique Needlepoint of Two Children and Dog handicraft first birds and then"the human

first birds and then"the human condition in all its moods and shapes" as described by Lyle Elder

The squares are hand numbered in ink

Just beautiful

1929)  a Lowell-based painter and illustrator

Antique Needlepoint of Two Children and Dog handicraft first birds and then"the humanJust a sweet old needlepoint of two children and a dog her looking Dutch or German in her dress and bonnet, him rather French in his beret like cap, but both lavishing their attention on this pup! Someone recently basted it onto a piece of canvas to protect it, from which it could be removed with a couple of snips. Needlepoint measures 9 1 4" x 7 1 2". As basted: 11" x 10". Some losses to the needlepoint as evident, but clean and stable and which I'd