Beautiful Grid, Lovely 19th C. Needlepoint in Hand-dyed Wool with Backing boxers Ultimately

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This is not quite as large as a baseball

A great addition to a collection of mid-century California pottery

with some of his strings long ago snipped but still attached (they would pull right out should one desire to remove them

making one think of Timothy Chalamet poised for a period drama

Beautiful Grid, Lovely 19th C. Needlepoint in Hand-dyed Wool with Backing boxers UltimatelyI purchased this 19th c. needlepoint in Massachusetts this week from a wonderful, old school antiques dealer of American primitive antiques, and I think it's just a lovely thing. Rare in my experience to find a antique needlepoint that is just pure pattern but not made into something else but this piece was backed with cloth so I do guess just meant to be a mat. Beautiful hand dyed color composing a satisfying grid with a lot of movement to it, I'd