Sweet Old Floral Petit Point on Dark Blue Wool squirrel hair While the naturally dyed color

While the naturally dyed color has certainly faded over time

Brutalist in sensibility

fired pots for everyone in the workshop

In the 1960's

Sweet Old Floral Petit Point on Dark Blue Wool squirrel hair While the naturally dyed colorThis little petit point on wool embroidery just makes me happy; as with old samplers, I think it wonderfully caries the hand and sensibility of its maker, and I love it all the more for its moth holes and lost stitches. While it reads as black in these photos, the wool backing is a dark blue, and indeed there are a few small holes near the top right edge. It is sold as found in a very old, pretty worn gilded wood frame, the wood back of which shows