Lovely 1830 Needlepoint of Parrot on Branch with Monogram in Early Frame sailors photo with age toning

with age toning

2 1/4" tall and deep

dating to the 1930s or so and marked made in Russian on the underside of the base

one a Collie and the other a German Shepherd

I've certainly seen many a pretty young woman portrayed with this raised hand gesture which

Lovely 1830 Needlepoint of Parrot on Branch with Monogram in Early Frame sailors photo with age toningAn early and beautifully done needlepoint of a parrot executed in wool on perforated paper with a note on the back of the antique frame written by a Susan Frazar Kennedy, noting is having been worked in 1830, I presume by a relative, perhaps her mother, with the monogram MEF. What I love most about the needlepoint itself is that fabulous border, with triangles and squares of directional stitching, in cream and a sort of khaki green, adding up to