Beautiful and Modern Feeling Early 1800s Century Hand-dyed Wool and Velvet Needlepoint Pocket Book with Braided Silk Tassel sign making stencil We have two little lambs

We have two little lambs

perhaps expressing surprise

and the dots and fans or flowers and shrubs all along the foreground

I'd think most likely done by a schoolgirl

and certainly admire the resourcefulness and creativity of its maker in piecing these bit together in such a smart and striking way

Beautiful and Modern Feeling Early 1800s Century Hand-dyed Wool and Velvet Needlepoint Pocket Book with Braided Silk Tassel sign making stencil We have two little lambsI'm finding myself more than ever drawn to examples of early needlework these days, and also to old things that feel remarkably modern contemporary (there is a show up now of Revolutionary War flags at the Museum of the American Revolution that is a prime example, phenomenally beautiful in color and spareness.) Anyway, the color and pattern of the needlepoint on this early 19th c. pocket book, American I believe, just completely won me hand dyed wool,