Beautiful Grid, Lovely 19th C. Needlepoint in Hand-dyed Wool with Backing boxers This is not quite as

This is not quite as large as a baseball

I recently learned--it probably should have occurred to me before

This old (late 19th c

making one think of Timothy Chalamet poised for a period drama

with some of his strings long ago snipped but still attached (they would pull right out should one desire to remove them

Beautiful Grid, Lovely 19th C. Needlepoint in Hand-dyed Wool with Backing boxers This is not quite asI purchased this 19th c. needlepoint in Massachusetts this week from a wonderful, old school antiques dealer of American primitive antiques, and I think it's just a lovely thing. Rare in my experience to find a antique needlepoint that is just pure pattern but not made into something else but this piece was backed with cloth so I do guess just meant to be a mat. Beautiful hand dyed color composing a satisfying grid with a lot of movement to it, I'd