Sweet Old Floral Petit Point on Dark Blue Wool squirrel hair 14 1/4" tall x 7

14 1/4" tall x 7 1/2" wide

In the 1960's

specifically

There is some loss of paint on the lower halves of the skiers' costumes and a few scratches and marks on the surface of the plate

Sweet Old Floral Petit Point on Dark Blue Wool squirrel hair 14 1/4" tall x 7This little petit point on wool embroidery just makes me happy; as with old samplers, I think it wonderfully caries the hand and sensibility of its maker, and I love it all the more for its moth holes and lost stitches. While it reads as black in these photos, the wool backing is a dark blue, and indeed there are a few small holes near the top right edge. It is sold as found in a very old, pretty worn gilded wood frame, the wood back of which shows