SOLD Early Flame Stitch Embroidery on Linen Fragment in (Lovely) Later Art Nouveau Frame beveridge pottery n.s. The bottom of the cage

The bottom of the cage was made of two pieces of wood

process-oriented manner by John Boder

I just thought the hinged design was brilliant

I found it along with her wedding certificate from 1851

great red whiskers

SOLD Early Flame Stitch Embroidery on Linen Fragment in (Lovely) Later Art Nouveau Frame beveridge pottery n.s. The bottom of the cageI'm always ooh ing and aah ing over antique flame stitch embroidery, which one most often sees on embroidered wallets of the 18th century so beautiful, but invariably way beyond my reach. This patch of flame stitching on linen satisfies the itch, though I'm guessing done just as a practice sampler of sorts. The linen is nothing for than loose threads in a couple of area and just sort of folded into the frame to stabilize it, but the embroidery itself