So Very Sweet Georgian Silkwork of Children Playing a Simple Game of Marbles

The subject matter of this Silwork is so wonderfully charming, three children playing a game of marbles. The silkwork is relatively small and sits within what I think could be the original wooden oval frame which has been painted gold. At the centre of the picture is a large trunk of a tree from which its overhanging branches are portrayed, in front of which two boys and a girl play marbles, one boy is kneeling down about to throw his marble, the little girl in her bonnet stands over him and the second little boy in red stands looking on in concentration. Behind him we see a church in the near distance with what looks like a line of trees in front of it. The children's faces and hands are painted but the rest I think is all embroidered, and I have to say I think the work is very, very fine, I love the branches of the trees and then in the foreground we have the longer stiches of the ground and I love the workings of those marbles. The detail really is quite exquisite like the bow around the chin tying the little girls hat on, the collars of two boys and of course those buckles on their shoes. I have found it difficult to accurately photo the piece as the light really effects the colour one sees the silkwork, sometimes it seems light almost metallic and if in low light then the tone is much deeper of gold and yellows. There is a fold in the silk which runs from the side of the Church to the boy in red face, when I tried to photograph it looks like a reflection of light hence the badly taken eighth photo but I think it does show the fold the best.