Early 19th Century American Homespun Wool Embroidery Candle Mat folding shelf And the interior is painted

And the interior is painted too

in 10th grade

and on the back is a flapping fin or tail of sorts with hanging purple silk ribbons

with a nice patina to the brass and a minor rusting to the chain

Early 19th Century American Homespun Wool Embroidery Candle Mat folding shelf And the interior is paintedA small wonder, rare survivor and one just wants to pet it! It really never ceases to amaze me that things like the have endured. Early 19th century New England I believe, homespun, hand dyed wool on handwoven linen cotton, this would have been made as a candle mat, though with no cloth backing, perhaps it was never finished for use. Some stitches lost to the needlepoint rose and orange ground at center, but quite stable, and the fluffy wool perimeter