Daniel in the Lion's Den, Fine Antique European Embroidery, 17th-18th c. black and white bat A wonderful old folk art

A wonderful old folk art wall box

The page clearly came from E

or a mirror

and making use of three color plates plus a black key plate

but I believe early 1990s

Daniel in the Lion's Den, Fine Antique European Embroidery, 17th-18th c. black and white bat A wonderful old folk artOne of my favorite Brimfield finds, this is a very old, wonderfully done embroidery, I believe most likely English and dating to the 1700s, though perhaps even earlier. Most embroideries of that period depicted religious subject matter, and surely it is Daniel in the lion's den here clearly, with happily lounging lion to either side of him, safe from harm. Though certainly the colors on this were once brighter, greens and blues and the red of one's