Flowers in Basket, Large 19th C. Theorem-esque Chenille Stumpwork Embroidery on Silk halloween cat with perhaps a bit of

with perhaps a bit of fading to the colored paper

The books themselves are a French history of the Russian Empire

is plenty large to command a shelf

And I believe it is postmarked 1911

Definitely well used

Flowers in Basket, Large 19th C. Theorem-esque Chenille Stumpwork Embroidery on Silk halloween cat with perhaps a bit ofThe more I look at things, the more I want to find things I've not seen before, and even better when they merge some of my favorite things in unexpected ways. This one is such, an unusual convergence, at least to my eye, of stumpwork embroidery, executed in chenille on silk, with theorem painting as the embroidery very much mimics a theorem on velvet of a basket of flowers in terms not just of composition but also manner of execution, exemplified