Scroll and Crown Flower; Roses and Poem: Double-sided 1848 Theorem Watercolor applique Sewn onto the linen at

Sewn onto the linen at lower left is a piece of ruled paper signed by an Emma Merkesell

replaced by another

a sweet little thing

all detailed in the little booklet

Scroll and Crown Flower; Roses and Poem: Double-sided 1848 Theorem Watercolor applique Sewn onto the linen atI could look at early theorem watercolors like this all day, so lush and radiant, with the combination of greens on the leaves here just electric! Those red blooms are pretty electric, too, identified as "Crown flower" below. I like the blankness of the scroll here, as if in perpetual wait for the right words. But then on reverse, a rose with another scroll and a poem too, describing the summer breathing, roses blooming, sunbeams playing, and the