{"product_id":"vintage-embroidery-the-wild-swans-elisa-textile-art-fabric-picture-vintage-queen","title":"Vintage Embroidery The Wild Swans Elisa Textile Art Fabric Picture Vintage Queen","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eA lovely vintage textile art piece depicting Elisa from \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Swans \u003c\/i\u003efairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eFlaunting a mid-century style, utilizing appliqué, embroidery, and other fabric elements along with beads and metal rings. The artwork shows the princess with stylized yellow hair and a dark crown holding a large plant which represents the stinging nettles she gathers to weave shirts for her cursed swan brothers, a task which she performs while maintaining a vow of silence. This takes place after she has fled her wicked stepmother's influence and before she is crowned. However, she is often depicted as a crowned figure in art due to her royal birth and eventual vindication, thus it is a popular artistic choice to show her in an elevated state fitting her ultimate victory and marriage to a king.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center; \"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe figure's garment is made from various textured materials, including a dark pink silk-like fabric and a dark-grey patterned textile, creating a distinctive graphic and slightly sombre illustration of the princess during her period of hardship, which is framed in light wood with a gold inner border.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSimply signed 'Sue' on the picture and scribed on the back \"Elsie.. Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tale \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Swans\u003c\/i\u003e 1968\" perhaps referencing the Paul Hamlyn's 1968 publication of the tale and its illustrations, or perhaps just coincidence. I wonder whether it is an early work by Sue Stone, she was born in 1952 but her mother was a talented seamstress who was professionally trained as a tailor so Sue was surrounded by cloth and making at this time.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDimensions: 60 x 47.5 cm \/ 54 x 41.5 cm - Weight: 3.3kg\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIn great condition and a joy to behold.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tommy's Treasure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67857346789604,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/4856\/7268\/files\/57_1b7d4c55-f74b-4212-b486-838b166de842.png?v=1792929524","url":"https:\/\/www.tommystreasure.com\/da\/products\/vintage-embroidery-the-wild-swans-elisa-textile-art-fabric-picture-vintage-queen","provider":"Tommy's Treasure","version":"1.0","type":"link"}