Lamb and Bird and Shooting Arrow: Early 19th C. Embroidery on Laid Paper baseball scorekeeper I love the rows of

I love the rows of tiny stitches on either side of the open section

two scenes from "The Hillman and the Housewife

which may once have attached him to something or provided a means for hanging him

sound and study

Lamb and Bird and Shooting Arrow: Early 19th C. Embroidery on Laid Paper baseball scorekeeper I love the rows ofSmall, but so charming, and quite an early one I believe, c. early 19th c., silk embroidery on laid, I think European. (If it doesn't sell quickly I'll find an old frame for it and keep it for myself!) Surely it was made as a love token of sorts, with an arrow descending from one of the clouds, and what looks to me like a flaming heart (albeit also rather like a radish or turnip!) nestled in to the left of the tree. With little lamb, colorful bird on