A finished needlepoint portrait of Marie Antoniette in a powder-blue gown, hair dressed high and ribboned, a single rose held lightly in one gloved hand — worked in soft wools against a deep, mossy landscape, in the spirit of the great rococo court portraits (the composition echoes the famous "Marie Antoinette with a Rose"). Set in an ornate silver-and-gold leaf frame with carved acanthus scrollwork, it's already framed and wired to hang. Hundreds of hours of handwork; the kind of piece that anchors a gallery wall or holds its own over a small mantel.
