(2) Victorian needlework panels, 19th c., incl. an English stumpwork and beaded picture of parrot on branch with flowers, in carved wood frame, and a Continental needlework portrait of a classical beauty with small beaded details, in an impressive figured mahogany frame, smaller: 16.5"squ, 25"h x 23"w (framed), larger: 23"h x 24"w (sight), 29.5"h x 30.5"w (framed)

Provenance: From the Collection of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw

Notes/Literature: Art dealer, connoisseur, and philanthropist Eugene Victor Thaw (1927-2018) was widely considered to be among the world's greatest collectors of European master drawings, French Post-Impressionism, Cubism, and an early advocate of the American Abstract Expressionists. One of the most respected art dealers of his day, he is credited with placing hundreds of major works into museums around the world, and was the founding member and past president of the Art Dealers Association of America.

Fair, the parrot's frame with losses and repairs (mostly to crest), interior gesso trim with losses and loose pieces, no major damage observed to embroidery, the portrait with minor thread loss and wear, appears pieced together on right side, not examined out of frame, wood cracks to frame