Early 19th Century American Homespun Wool Embroidery Candle Mat folding shelf Hand-turned

Hand-turned

and on the back is a flapping fin or tail of sorts with hanging purple silk ribbons

And the interior is painted too

but l love found language that carries meaning

Early 19th Century American Homespun Wool Embroidery Candle Mat folding shelf Hand-turnedA 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