Early 19th Century American Homespun Wool Embroidery Candle Mat folding shelf All of the inserts are

All of the inserts are in very good condition excepting a good amount of surface wear to the one with the eye and ear and mouth

he worked as a potter in the United States for most of his career

but it is stable and sound and not fragile and all the more radiant in person

a "titan of real estate in Boston for six decades" who

Early 19th Century American Homespun Wool Embroidery Candle Mat folding shelf All of the inserts areA small wonder, rare survivor and one just wants to pet it! It really never ceases to amaze me that things like the have endured. Early 19th century New England I believe, homespun, hand dyed wool on handwoven linen cotton, this would have been made as a candle mat, though with no cloth backing, perhaps it was never finished for use. Some stitches lost to the needlepoint rose and orange ground at center, but quite stable, and the fluffy wool perimeter