Antique Roundish Hooked Wool Roses on Linen 1804 limberjims

limberjims

with squarish links that very much show the hand--or blade

I believe these are antique penny toys

5 1/8" x 3 7/8" and in very good condition

with just a very little bit of age toning around the edges

Antique Roundish Hooked Wool Roses on Linen 1804 limberjimsI like the backside of this about as much as I do the front, and also like it in its presumably unfinished state a table mat I'd guess that never became quite round. I might just pin it straight to the wall from the top corners of the linen, feeling very much like a tactile painting to me. 17 1 4" x 14 7 8" and in very good condition, with a bit of staining to the linen and evident, which to me just adds to a sense of its age and aura. Late 19th c. I