Lamb and Bird and Shooting Arrow: Early 19th C. Embroidery on Laid Paper baseball scorekeeper two scenes from "The Hillman

two scenes from "The Hillman and the Housewife

I just love the semi-secret bottom drawer that pulls out from one side

with a little wrinkling to the right of her legs and few scattered smudges and stains

12 5/8" x 8 1/4"

the women's branch of the US Army--formed as an auxiliary unit (WAAC)  in 1942

Lamb and Bird and Shooting Arrow: Early 19th C. Embroidery on Laid Paper baseball scorekeeper two scenes from "The HillmanSmall, but so charming, and quite an early one I believe, c. early 19th c., silk embroidery on laid, I think European. (If it doesn't sell quickly I'll find an old frame for it and keep it for myself!) Surely it was made as a love token of sorts, with an arrow descending from one of the clouds, and what looks to me like a flaming heart (albeit also rather like a radish or turnip!) nestled in to the left of the tree. With little lamb, colorful bird on