Daniel in the Lion's Den, Fine Antique European Embroidery, 17th-18th c. little cups mostly boxes of various sorts)

mostly boxes of various sorts) out there which I don't find very interesting

and the chip carved detailing around the edges

I like him better for it as he has a folkier look

definitely with some age on them

10” tall

Daniel in the Lion's Den, Fine Antique European Embroidery, 17th-18th c. little cups mostly boxes of various sorts)One of my favorite Brimfield finds, this is a very old, wonderfully done embroidery, I believe most likely English and dating to the 1700s, though perhaps even earlier. Most embroideries of that period depicted religious subject matter, and surely it is Daniel in the lion's den here clearly, with happily lounging lion to either side of him, safe from harm. Though certainly the colors on this were once brighter, greens and blues and the red of one's