Striking Antique Blue and Red Needlepoint Pouch gourd-shaped made in Taiwan

made in Taiwan

and in their original box

perhaps best of all

quite a heartening and  satisfying thing

I found this fantastic painting in New Hampshire

Striking Antique Blue and Red Needlepoint Pouch gourd-shaped made in TaiwanI'm drawn to pattern like a magnet, and for me it doesn't get much better than the blue and red combinations on this 19th century needlepoint pouch I can't decide which side I like best, as I think both are just stunning. I love the variation to the blue especially, a perfect imperfection I assume product of variation in the original dying of the thread. I would guess some sort of closure was originally planned for this but not completed, all to the