Sweet Old Double Sided (Partially) Hand-embroidered Potholder waiter joke Relatively newly backed with brown

Relatively newly backed with brown paper and wired for hanging

the paper is brighter (whiter) in actuality than appears in detail photos

and these great billowing sleeves

or he might have taken a ding to it at some point

though I read a bit of trepidation in his face and posture

Sweet Old Double Sided (Partially) Hand-embroidered Potholder waiter joke Relatively newly backed with brownJust a little thing, which I believe lost some of the embroidery on its black silk surface along the way, but which I found too sweet to leave behind. To me makes me think of a pair of bright stars emerging from a black sky, and then on reverse just this funny little patch of colorful stitched blobs which just seem like a little flurry of exuberant moments. 5 5 8" x 5 5 8" not including hanging loop at corner. Good condition with embroidery loss as