Gorgeous Old Wooden Printer's Tray curio shelf It won’t quite stand on

It won’t quite stand on its own but will stand if leaner

Mola panels were historically made in groups of two

The much age toned and stained ribbon to which the needlepoint is attached

written in pencil: "please mind your own business"

)  This one is by Don Curreri (1930-2014)

Gorgeous Old Wooden Printer's Tray curio shelf It won’t quite stand onThis beautiful thing. I'm not quite sure how all it was used that yielded this incredible surface, but surely some combination of paper and ink and glue or varnish, all hardened now, not sticky, and just truly gorgeous. This is one of a number of objects I took away with me from a recent visit to the studio of well known Providence based Richard Fleischner, which I value all the more for it having spent at least several decades living in his world,