Early Crazy Quilt Fragment with Wonderful Embroidered Cat in Period Lemon Gold Frame vintage studio pottert (It could benefit from a

(It could benefit from a simple custom stand

first published in 1909

Stained brown except from the whites of his eyes and black whiskers

Of course I can't look at this old pin the tail on the donkey without thinking about the Democratic Party

might just be a bit of surface loss there

Early Crazy Quilt Fragment with Wonderful Embroidered Cat in Period Lemon Gold Frame vintage studio pottert (It could benefit from aLove at first sight with this charmer, much better and with more pop in hand than in photos. I think the embroidery on the kitty could be called stumpwork, with a fair amount of relief to it, done in wool I believe, to well capture a sense of furriness! Mustard and cream, brown and black, with a thinner white thread used for its fine whiskers and as an outline around the entirely body. With red thread representing a ball the cat is batting around. Set