Antique Roundish Hooked Wool Roses on Linen carved oak This one makes me happy

This one makes me happy on a whole bunch of levels

he filed a patent application for a "Walking Toy

1970s Towle Walnut Shell Games I've had in the shop

There are a few small chips to the bone and ebony as pictured

Antique Roundish Hooked Wool Roses on Linen carved oak This one makes me happyI like the backside of this about as much as I do the front, and also like it in its presumably unfinished state a table mat I'd guess that never became quite round. I might just pin it straight to the wall from the top corners of the linen, feeling very much like a tactile painting to me. 17 1 4" x 14 7 8" and in very good condition, with a bit of staining to the linen and evident, which to me just adds to a sense of its age and aura. Late 19th c. I