Unfinished But Marvelous, Ultra Naive Early 19th C. Embroidery on Silk (with Water Damage Long Ago) wooden blockscolor Beautiful warm dry wood patina

Beautiful warm dry wood patina to the horse

The lettering looks to me more as if hand-painted and overglazed rather than transfer

The card on the back of the frame has bowed/warped a bit due to the weight and depth of the hair piece

made for stamping crates  (I presume) with "Native Extra Fancy Mushrooms

which I think might indicate that they were very early creations of the Kimble Class Co

Unfinished But Marvelous, Ultra Naive Early 19th C. Embroidery on Silk (with Water Damage Long Ago) wooden blockscolor Beautiful warm dry wood patinaI didn't think twice about this one, a complete heart driven decision and it's one I'll be happy to keep for a while or forever. It was never finished, and shows old water damage (mostly to the left side of the silk) but if there were ever a thing provoking a sort of 'only a mother could love it empathy in addition to just sheer delight, this naive, early 19th century silk on silk embroidery would be it for me. Those ink drawn faces, and the dainty