Glorious 18th Century Crewelwork Embroidery Purse Fragment, Restored, with Conservation Report antique advertisment this watercolor is unsigned

this watercolor is unsigned

40 pages--31 filled front and back with bacteriology notes and drawings

Gumps is known as a purveyor of luxury goods from around the world

Opening is 2" x 2 3/4"

They fit snugly in their original box

Glorious 18th Century Crewelwork Embroidery Purse Fragment, Restored, with Conservation Report antique advertisment this watercolor is unsignedTo my eye and sensibilities, this is a gloriously beautiful thing, and among the most special textiles I've had in my possession. It is an 18th century crewelwork embroidery, wool on linen, which I believe was originally a purse. (At the end of photos is a photo of a 1986 page from Maine Antiques Digest documenting a similar crewelwork purse believed to have been owned by John Richardson of Townsend MA sold along with a small watercolor of a house for