Folky Antique Crewelwork Perched Peacock with Birds and Ivy history painting and the black painted base

and the black painted base galvanized aluminum

gathered at the shoulders (with a pin securing it on the front

which are all still enclosed

and nature

Folky Antique Crewelwork Perched Peacock with Birds and Ivy history painting and the black painted baseAfter finding and quickly selling a wonderful early 19th century ink and watercolor folk art drawing of a peacock a week or so ago, it felt like a bit of a sign when I came across this embroidered one this week in Maine. As with that drawing, this one is rendered not in spectacular blues and purples but rather in a variety of shades of golds and browns, which make it feel quite majestic but in a subtler sort of way (and, like that drawing, it is much