Antique Crochet Samples Album on Red Cotton, Chock Full antique yelloware I believe most like a

I believe most like a tanner--and there is a tool in his hand

3 3/8" x 5/8" x 5/16" when completely folded

The basketry covering the jug is woven of flat wicker splints

I purchased this one from a Dutch dealer who maintains an outpost at a New Hampshire antiques store that I frequent

Antique Crochet Samples Album on Red Cotton, Chock Full antique yelloware I believe most like aI've bought and sold a couple of crochet sample books in the past, but it's been quite a while since I found one I really loved. In this case it is especially the pages of horizontal trim densely arranged on the pages like lines of text in a book that really sold me; feels positively semiotic! And really a lot of diversity and complexity to the samples all the way through, with each page well composed and fully packed. And of course the hand dyed red