Saint Teresa Needle painting on silk, with a painted background. Depicts Saint Teresa kneeling on a prie-dieu placed beneath a tree. She is praying before a small niche containing a statuette of the Virgin Mary. Painted landscape background and vegetation in the foreground embroidered in chenille. Signed at the bottom ‘Fait par Louise Gosselin’. Eglomised frame by Hoeth in Lyon. 19th century Total height (including frame) 71.2 cm – Width 60 cm Repainted gilded frame, minor imperfections and provenance marks on the reverse