Needlepoint art

I have an antique framed piece of needlepoint art. It appears to be a pen and ink drawing, but on close inspection you can see the stitches. Does anyone have any info on this? I tried to upload a file of the full picture but it was too big. Some help with doing that would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

We will also need to see much clearer images of the stitching (if that is what it is). Is it actually black and white, or are there colors?

 

Looks woven rather than handworked. Looking forward to seeing photographs.

Debora

 

Yes, it is stitching, all black, white and gray tones! Teeny, tiny stitches! I will try to get a closer photo that isn't blurred. Thanks.

 

View attachment 326069 Yes, it is stitching, all black, white and gray tones! Teeny, tiny stitches! I will try to get a closer photo that isn't blurred. Thanks.

 

Tried different ways to upload full picture but keeps saying file too large.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/nyYAur6UhfxMneWq6

 

Could be a combination of both decoding on where you look. In the frame it measures 8 1/2 x 7 "

 

Welcome @Jrhodehamel , it looks jacquard woven to me. With jacquard weaving you can get that uneven stitch look, but it is machine woven.

 

Thanks....some creative fooling around got it!

 

Thank you for your opinion. In order to verify that I would have to take it apart. And since it is over 100yrs old, don't really want to do that. It belonged to my grandmother and I was told by my father that it was needlepoint. But with your input I went in search online for some answers. The Jacquard machine was invented in early 1800's. I saw a portrait of the inventor (Jacquard) done by his machine. It was strikingly similar to what I have as far as the coloring and silken sheen. So I believe this is an early woven piece done with the "new" Jacquard machine.

 

That would be it! Thank you!

 

Which is jacquard woven silk.
I have a little stevengraph landscape, but that still glistens like silk. Come to think of it, I also have a stevengraph Gypsy caravan.

 

I love the way it glistens and changes in the light. And very happy to be able to let my kids know not to sell it in a yard sale!

 

The other example gives us the name of the artist of the original work. It is P. Tarrant who, according to the internet, was a British artist of sentimental genre scenes like yours as well as a book illustrator. His dates are 1855-1934.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Tarrant

The work is antique and, from the depiction of the children, dates to a decade or so on either side of the turn of the 19th century.

Here's another from a Spanish online sales site. It's unframed so you can clearly see the signature and the "NF" that links it to Neyret Freres.

https://en.todocoleccion.net/antiqu...engraph-neyrey-freres-percy-tarrant~x83274676

Here's information about Neyret Freres.

https://stevengraphs.com/neyretfreres.html

Debora

 

The other examples have more contrast. Hard to tell from your photograph but yours may have experienced some fading. Also hard to tell if the frame of yours is original; it doesn't appear to be.

Debora

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevengraph