Amazing Late 19th Century Large Masonic Perforated Paper Embroidery, With Provenance boy's hunting notebook ) and then with red

) and then with red paper ribbon crossed around the neck making her seem like a prize winner for sure

He went on to teach at the Worcester Art Museum and Clark University for 43 years

the presumably sanded down remnants of each creating a hybrid that is its own special thing

murals by Dows are permanent fixtures in post offices in Hyde Park and Rhinebeck

Maybe made as a finial of some sort

Amazing Late 19th Century Large Masonic Perforated Paper Embroidery, With Provenance boy's hunting notebook ) and then with redI see a fair number of late 19th century "Home Sweet Home" punch perforated paper needlepoint embroideries, but I don't believe I've come across a Masonic example, at least not one nearly as elaborate as this one, the iconography of which most closely resembles that found on elaborate antique silk Masonic aprons. A note taped to the back tells us this was the work of a Gertrude O'Connor of Harvey, Illinois, made for her husband Benjamin, a member of