Off to Haynes Salvage and builders supplies yard and second hand furniture Emporium this morning - ostensibly to buy horticultural grit (they have exactly the right size for my potting mixes) - but also, of course, to browse around the Hall of Delight - the huge barn in which they house their second hand furniture. I'm never able to resist a look, and this morning I did well: I found a rather beautiful nursing chair (Edwardian, I think) with a hand stitched Gros Point and Petit Point cover.
You're coming home with me!
I like to think of it as a labour of love completed by someone over 100 years ago, which I will now bring back to life again. The webbing is stretched under the seat, there is a crack in the back of the frame and the stitchery needs to be freshened up; all in all it will be a labour of love for meas well...a nice little project for me in the studio over the summer - and an absolute bargain at just ten UK pounds!
This stitchery - done with devotion - deserves to be honoured
Watch this space :-)
Isn't that lovely, Roz! I kind of collect needlepoint chairs (that's a dangerous statement, some people think!), but have nothing with stitchery this exquisite. I'm curious how you know it's a nursing chair?
Posted by: Diana Birchall | Saturday, June 01, 2019 at 03:02
Interesting—I was also going to say: "A nursing chair?" Does that mean what I think it means?
Posted by: Jamie Chavez | Saturday, June 01, 2019 at 11:56
This is beautiful handwork, Roz. What a find! You will enjoy working on restoring it to its former beauty. How do you "freshen up" needlepoint?
Posted by: Ardi Butler | Saturday, June 01, 2019 at 13:57
What a find. Yes, how do you freshen up needlepoint??
Posted by: Mad Englishwoman | Sunday, June 02, 2019 at 07:28