Flowers in Basket, Large 19th C. Theorem-esque Chenille Stumpwork Embroidery on Silk code plain pink on the reverse

plain pink on the reverse

which reads almost orange

and I find it just exactly right--super seductive in a perfectly unfussy way

so as to make the flip side with more diagrams visible on reverse

who would then turn these in at the end of the period designated on the labels

Flowers in Basket, Large 19th C. Theorem-esque Chenille Stumpwork Embroidery on Silk code plain pink on the reverseThe more I look at things, the more I want to find things I've not seen before, and even better when they merge some of my favorite things in unexpected ways. This one is such, an unusual convergence, at least to my eye, of stumpwork embroidery, executed in chenille on silk, with theorem painting as the embroidery very much mimics a theorem on velvet of a basket of flowers in terms not just of composition but also manner of execution, exemplified