Tiny Buzzing Bees at Hive, Partial But Very Charming Early 19th Century Album Amicorum Needlepoint primitive pencil box visits to Boston always meant

visits to Boston always meant Filene's Basement--the original and ultimate bargain basemen--at Downtown Crossing

but he definitely has an officialness about him

purchased at the Nashville show from an Iowa based dealer from whom I wished to buy everything--because for me

conflating Italia and Lady Liberty herself

Tiny Buzzing Bees at Hive, Partial But Very Charming Early 19th Century Album Amicorum Needlepoint primitive pencil box visits to Boston always meantI am guessing that this small, very fine (impossibly so!) needlepoint was once part of an early 19th century German "Album Amicorum" or friendship book a collection of small mementos from friends and family (watercolors, drawings, handwritten messages, and often small needlepoints) of a certain size, housed in a special box. Clearly, much of the paper square it was once mounted to, with gold foil border, is gone but I was so completely taken with the