A beautifully timeworn antique needlepoint tapestry, rich with pastoral charm and storytelling detail. This piece features a countryside scene stitched in fine detail—a young harvest worker dressed in rustic finery, holding a scythe, set against a romantic landscape of trees, flowers, and ornamental scrollwork. Beautifully executed, the colours and tones are beige, brown, russet, mustard.

Worked in petit point, the tapestry showcases meticulous craftsmanship, likely dating from the late 19th or early 20th century. The stitching is beautiful, graduating from extremely fine and small in areas to thicker and more textured to the surrounding woodland areas. Housed in its original wooden frame, intact and with few signs of the passing of time with a lovely gilded edge and decorative beading, it has all the character of an heirloom piece: gentle fading, a few age marks, and a soft patina that only adds to its nostalgic appeal. This is a striking piece.

20” (52cm) x 14” (37cm)