Mid-century Handmade Needlepoint on Textile Canvas
This is an incredibly special one-of-a-kind vintage William Henry Lippincott "Solid Comfort" needlepoint textile art print crafted with Persian wool on cotton canvas, stretched and mounted with appropriate acid-free mattes, and framed with proper non-glare UV-rated glass to preserve the fabric art print. This unique piece is an outstanding example of expertly handcrafted needlepoint art.
- Dimensions: 30" Long x 34.50" Wide x .75" Deep
- Custom framed in a white-washed pale greyish/green/mauve wood, double matted, and complete with a ready-to-hang wire.
- Material: 100% Cotton Canvas - Crafted with multiple Plies of Persian Wool Thread-Yarn
- The back border reads: "La Cheminée" in French translates to "The Fireplace" in English
- Canvas Made in Greece for a French entity
- The piece was gifted to my late husband in 1968 when he moved into his newly built home in Rye Brook, NY. It hung above the Fireplace in the Den until 2007 he retired and we moved to NC.
- Condition: It is in very nice vintage condition with no flaws or defects of note.
Lippincott's original painting, created in 1891 features an iconic view of an old man seated beside an open fireplace in the interior of a kitchen reading a newspaper with his dog on the floor before him. This handcrafted needlepoint artwork expertly recreates the features of his 1891 painting to near perfection. Solid Comfort, a very recognizable piece of American art, is arguably Lippincott's most famous painting.
William Henry Lippincott (Born: 1849, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America - Died: 1920, New York, New York, United States of America), a Modern Master American Artist, is known for his works that were aesthetically arresting, easily read treatments of domestic themes furnished in a colonial revival style construct in a familiar, nostalgic and ideal domestic world. This hand-crafted needlepoint print painstakingly captures, in minute detail, the same cozy aesthetics, style, and construction seen in the painting.
He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and furthered his training in Paris under academic figural artist Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (1833-1922) at the Société de Artistes Français. He became a regular exhibitor at the prestigious Paris Salon and the Universal Exposition of 1878 in Paris.
After eight years in Paris, Lippincott returned to the United States where he first settled in Portland, Maine but soon moved permanently to New York City, opened a studio on Broadway, and quickly established himself as a successful portraitist, figure, genre, and landscape painter. He painted wonderful set designs for "La Boheme" and "Salambo" and worked as an illustrator. He also taught at the National Academy of Design and exhibited throughout North America and Europe.