Wonderful Earlier 19th Century Homespun Wool Petit Point Needlepoint Mat with Fluffed Border beefcake and also very much like

and also very much like the idea of "laying hold on" time manifested on/in an object that has travelled well over 200 years and across an ocean to arrive in my hands

4 1/4" x 2 5/8"

The exterior surface is carved with a grid of nine squares on each side

but it seems quite possible it served as the original drawing upon which the printed cards were made

7 3/8" d x 3 1/8" t

Wonderful Earlier 19th Century Homespun Wool Petit Point Needlepoint Mat with Fluffed Border beefcake and also very much likeI've had one other 19th century needlepoint mat of a similar ilk to this one, with this same sort of fluffy edge; I think there may be a specific name for the type, but I don't know it! Earlyish 19th century New England I believe, hand dyed wool on handwoven linen cotton (one can glimpse it along the edge on reverse) finished with handwoven wool cloth backing, which shows a patch of loss but is stable. And that squirrel munching away on those berries