Amazing Late 19th Century Large Masonic Perforated Paper Embroidery, With Provenance relief cast portrait I just find the metallic

I just find the metallic thread embroidery

and I just couldn't resist the sweet alligator on this old tin mold

Such a charmer of a child's cup

Edges are turned under and hemmed on all 4 sides

This carved whimsy is quite the opposite of refined

Amazing Late 19th Century Large Masonic Perforated Paper Embroidery, With Provenance relief cast portrait I just find the metallicI see a fair number of late 19th century "Home Sweet Home" punch perforated paper needlepoint embroideries, but I don't believe I've come across a Masonic example, at least not one nearly as elaborate as this one, the iconography of which most closely resembles that found on elaborate antique silk Masonic aprons. A note taped to the back tells us this was the work of a Gertrude O'Connor of Harvey, Illinois, made for her husband Benjamin, a member of