Glorious 18th Century Crewelwork Embroidery Purse Fragment, Restored, with Conservation Report International Tobacco co The back shows a bit

The back shows a bit of charcoal

and the order in which they appear--revealing an active thought process of ticking through the necessities

Perhaps no better subject for a folk carving than a cat

20" x 6 1/2"

Glorious 18th Century Crewelwork Embroidery Purse Fragment, Restored, with Conservation Report International Tobacco co The back shows a bitTo my eye and sensibilities, this is a gloriously beautiful thing, and among the most special textiles I've had in my possession. It is an 18th century crewelwork embroidery, wool on linen, which I believe was originally a purse. (At the end of photos is a photo of a 1986 page from Maine Antiques Digest documenting a similar crewelwork purse believed to have been owned by John Richardson of Townsend MA sold along with a small watercolor of a house for