In January, Melanie Anne from Maine brought two embroideries for show & tell. They came from her grandmother’s house, but other than that she doesn’t really know anything about them. She and Wendy undid the back of one but found no clues. They’re pretty, and remind me of Jacobean crewel embroideries, with the ‘tree of life’ motif with the fantastic flowers and leaves, growing out of a little mound. These two seem a pair partly because one has a lion and one has a lamb. Click on ‘lamb‘ to see the second picture. I’m having a little argument with the blog program tonight, and it doesn’t want to post the actual picture of the second embroidery. Sorry about that. I’ll go to the mountain and ask for help.

Anyway, do these look familiar? Do you have a twin to these in your house? Any ideas if they were kits or when they might have been done?