A Fine and Rare Painted and Embroidered Silk Picture, Signed J.M. Bryson, Probably the Folwell School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated 1817

the three figures seated on a lawn in a deep landscape setting with thatched cottage, and columned "folly" rendered in silk and silk chenille stitching on a painted silk ground, the figures with painted faces and limbs. In the original giltwood and gesso frame, with gilt lettered églomisé glass.  Losses to the giltwood frame.

colors bright; touch-up to paint; no discernible holes or breaks
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