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Large 1920s Counted Cross Stitch Framed Art John Magee Belfast Gallery Label Dutch Genre Scene
£165.00
An exceptional, large Interwar / George V period counted cross-stitch textile panel dating precisely to the 1920s or 1930s. The piece depicts a beautifully composed domestic genre scene in the manner of the 17th-century Dutch masters, featuring a woman in an elegant blue gown standing by an open window. The complexity of the design is superb, incorporating an incredibly detailed tiled perspective floor, a vibrant tablecloth vignette with a fruit bowl, an internal draped curtain, and a distinct "picture-within-a-picture" hanging on the interior wall.
The artwork is executed with mathematical precision on a fine Aida weave canvas using high-grade, stranded cotton embroidery floss. The threads retain a beautiful, subtle silk-like sheen and crisp, unfaded color saturation throughout. Sized to act as a significant anchor piece for wall galleries or traditional settings.
Outstanding Gallery Provenance: The reverse of this piece features its completely original, fully intact paper gallery label from the renowned historic fine art dealers and framemakers "John Magee, 4 Donegall Square West, Belfast." Magee was a premier institutional voice in the regional Irish art world, famously framing works for legendary Ulster artists like William Conor and James Humbert Craig. The label remains beautifully preserved, retaining its handwritten period inventory reference code
273-34. Housed in its original slim, period wood frame.
Condition Report: Outstanding vintage condition. The textile is remarkably clean with zero structural loss or thread rot. In keeping with a 100-year-old gallery framing job, there is a minor, stable, characteristic movement (wobble) of the artwork within the rebate where the backing paper and backing board have naturally settled over the last century. An elite decorative asset with documented history.