Glorious 18th Century Crewelwork Embroidery Purse Fragment, Restored, with Conservation Report International Tobacco co but it does

but it does

The tan underglaze is the akin to the flat

Some paint loss and wear

and worth having for the image of the pajama-ed figure at the center of the interior alone

and the order in which they appear--revealing an active thought process of ticking through the necessities

Glorious 18th Century Crewelwork Embroidery Purse Fragment, Restored, with Conservation Report International Tobacco co but it doesTo my eye and sensibilities, this is a gloriously beautiful thing, and among the most special textiles I've had in my possession. It is an 18th century crewelwork embroidery, wool on linen, which I believe was originally a purse. (At the end of photos is a photo of a 1986 page from Maine Antiques Digest documenting a similar crewelwork purse believed to have been owned by John Richardson of Townsend MA sold along with a small watercolor of a house for