Beth Podlaha's 1939 Needlepoint with Dog and Cat and House and Flowers antique painted portrait Feels like a metaphor for

Feels like a metaphor for all of life to me

with minor paint loss/surface wear and one small hole along the left edge of the wood panel--all to the good I think

5 1/2" in diameter x 2 1/2" t

and definitely about 200 years old

Beth Podlaha's 1939 Needlepoint with Dog and Cat and House and Flowers antique painted portrait Feels like a metaphor forSuch a cheerful and charming needlepoint, done by a Beth Podlaha in 1939, who signed her name proudly at lower right, and who I think I would have liked quite a bit what a joyful profusion of flowers! I really love the face off occurring between the black Scottie and much smaller black cat, too, the latter seeming very protective of the flower bed upon which it is perched. And a happy house with checkerboard path, too. 11 1 4" x 9 7 8" and in very