Early 19th Century American Homespun Wool Embroidery Candle Mat kid drawn VT (founded 1872) and that

VT (founded 1872) and that it once stood on a wheeled platform

1 1/4" in diameter and 1 1/4" tall

) It appears he one may have had longer legs and feet but I’m not totally sure—if lost

British flag waving and trails of what looks like cotton spewing from its chimneys

and with a nice softness that I at least find pretty transportive

Early 19th Century American Homespun Wool Embroidery Candle Mat kid drawn VT (founded 1872) and thatA small wonder, rare survivor and one just wants to pet it! It really never ceases to amaze me that things like the have endured. Early 19th century New England I believe, homespun, hand dyed wool on handwoven linen cotton, this would have been made as a candle mat, though with no cloth backing, perhaps it was never finished for use. Some stitches lost to the needlepoint rose and orange ground at center, but quite stable, and the fluffy wool perimeter