Bidspirit auction | Currier & Ives Homestead Winter

Currier & Ives Homestead Winter Print - This mixed-media wall art features a reproduction of the 19th-century lithograph titled American Homestead Winter. The scene is printed in color on a woven linen-like textile ground and further embellished with hand-applied crewel-style embroidery. The needlework is executed in variegated shades of brown, white, and blue, adding tactile dimension to the trees, fences, windowpanes, and snowbanks. The composition depicts a classic rural American farm scene in winter with a two-story farmhouse, a barn, and a horse-drawn sleigh carrying figures on a snowy road. A man carrying wood and a dog are pictured in the foreground. The piece is housed under glass with a tan paper mat in a dark wood frame. The bottom margin contains printed serif text that reads PRODUCED FROM ORIGINAL BY CURRIER & IVES, on the left, the title AMERICAN HOMESTEAD WINTER. in the center, and ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 186 on the right. The final digit of the date is obscured by the matting. Frame measures 16.5 inches in width by approximately 12.5 inches in height.