Skip to product information
Original handmade silk embroidery artwork, framed vintage art
$345.00
Reliable shipping
Flexible returns
Exquisite vintage handmade natural fine silk embroidery artwork capturing a beautiful still life image featuring lilies, after a painting entitled “Lilies in Delft” by Ken Marlow. Impressive piece, intricately detailed and with an attractive subtle sheen. Framed with decorative gilt frame and custom mount behind glass.
64cm x 54cm frame
42cm x 33cm artwork
Silk shading, or "painting with a needle," originated in ancient China (Zhou Dynasty, ~3,000+ years ago), maturing during the Tang/Song dynasties into a highly skilled art form using fine silk threads to create realistic, blended depictions of nature. It later influenced European embroidery and peaked in the Victorian era as "society silk".
