Early 19th Century American Homespun Wool Embroidery Candle Mat A.P Hart cabinet card Plenty of surface wear as

Plenty of surface wear as documented and a bit of tearing to the lid of the tin

I am listing them as a set

I might guess this was made in two pieces to begin with

as in the case of this drawing I think

And that radiant red and gold apple in what I take for a Chinese porcelain bowl is

Early 19th Century American Homespun Wool Embroidery Candle Mat A.P Hart cabinet card Plenty of surface wear asA 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