Sweet Old Floral Petit Point on Dark Blue Wool whimsey in a bottle Just short of 3 inches

Just short of 3 inches tall

These sorts of rigid paddle-shaped fans are called Uchiwa in Japanese

Bowls measure 4 1/4" across at lip

The pages themselves are packed with drawings and notes relating to rendering the specific natures of a wide variety trees

curated by Dorothy Miller

Sweet Old Floral Petit Point on Dark Blue Wool whimsey in a bottle Just short of 3 inchesThis little petit point on wool embroidery just makes me happy; as with old samplers, I think it wonderfully caries the hand and sensibility of its maker, and I love it all the more for its moth holes and lost stitches. While it reads as black in these photos, the wool backing is a dark blue, and indeed there are a few small holes near the top right edge. It is sold as found in a very old, pretty worn gilded wood frame, the wood back of which shows