Great Old Confetti Mat on Unusual Crocheted Structure folk art dice " And so I believe

" And so I believe Luisa was likely Master Gaines' tutor

) Late 19th/early 20th c

Though done as a mock-graphic for the U

draw an angle from a quadrilateral

This is one of a pair of paintings I found together yesterday in Maine

Great Old Confetti Mat on Unusual Crocheted Structure folk art dice " And so I believeFor me it's as much about the back as the front on this old "confetti" shag table mat I'm not a connoisseur, but I've not seen one constructed like this before, with the colorful strips of fabric, mostly silk it appears, pulled through a knit crocheted structure. Very lovely, and making it especially good for hanging, which is what I would do (I'd just stitch a loop of thread to either corner and hang directly on the wall from two pins or small nails