HOPE, Amazing 1839 Hand-beaded-on-Every-Surface Folk Art Needle Book + Pin Keep Edgar S. Yergason drawing with little ink drawing of

with little ink drawing of a house

with this pair clearly sticking together through thick and through thin

And then formal qualities of this very old door itself--a wonderful overall play of geometries

his son one assumes

It's been a while since I grabbed a squeeze toy

HOPE, Amazing 1839 Hand-beaded-on-Every-Surface Folk Art Needle Book + Pin Keep Edgar S. Yergason drawing with little ink drawing ofTotal delight finding this one, purchased from a seller in Arizona, whose mother was an avid antique collector. I've been keeping an eagle eye out for early beaded needle books since finding a marvelous one with a house and the phrase "remember me" on it months ago these types of examples, hand beaded with tiny tiny glass seed beads, date to the first half of the 19th century and are scarce but now this is the third I've turned up. And what a charmer