Antique Peacocks Cross Stitch Embroidery on Silk in Original Frame (Presumed Once a Tray) monastery work then two red

then two red

and it seems perhaps the watercolor was based on a still from a movie

resonating in all sorts of ways

) The black numbers against the old creamy white paint are to my eye pure gorgeousness

that one mounted with printed attribution on the board

Antique Peacocks Cross Stitch Embroidery on Silk in Original Frame (Presumed Once a Tray) monastery work then two redI love a peacock, even better a pair of them, and even better with a fruit tree blooming between them to give the beauty of their plumage a run for its money and to bring their significance as symbols of beauty, prosperity and rebirth to fruition. Hand dyed cotton thread, I believe, on silk, and I believe originally made to function as a tray, as it appears there were likely once handles attached to either end of the frame. Under heavy glass and what