Crewelwork Picture Fragment

Crewelwork Picture Fragment, probably America, late 18th/early 19th century, worked in wool yarns on a linen ground, with a large fruiting tree at the center with surrounded by flowers, trees, birds, butterflies and animals, (losses, toning), approx. 18 1/2 x 26 in., in a contemporary wood veneer frame. The fragment is loosesly stitched to a conservation fabric base, scattered losses to background, and a few areas of stitches, on the little hills of the foreground, many losses around around edges.