Hope, c. Mid 19th Century Punch Paper Embroidery on Silk Ribbon folk art flour mill All spring loaded

All spring loaded

I'd hang this next to a Sol Lewitt or Agnes Martin or Donald Judd if I had one handy

Perlee Shilling

who pressed them long ago on a variety of different papers--a few 8x11 inch white paper pages

general light staining/toning but not a lost stitch that I can see and not at all fragile

Hope, c. Mid 19th Century Punch Paper Embroidery on Silk Ribbon folk art flour mill All spring loadedMuch nicer to think of Hope as an anchor than a delusion, hard as that sometimes feels! Mid 19th century punch paper embroidery hand stitched to pale silk ribbon, with some toning and stains that seem perfectly suited to that nature of hope itself. Overall 6" x 1 1 2". Embroidery itself 2 3 4" x 1 1 4". Stable and sound, ribbon not brittle. Found in Massachusetts.