Exceptional Condition, Super Graphic Amish Stump Work Oversize Pin Cushion old wooden toy boat just striking hung on the

just striking hung on the wall

all the better for the patterns of dots and waves that animate it and the little red bow holding his hat in place

and I love how the mesh was positioned straight across on one side and on the diagonal on the other

I know this small bowl was purchased from a large private Native American collection in northern New Mexico

In the other direction

Exceptional Condition, Super Graphic Amish Stump Work Oversize Pin Cushion old wooden toy boat just striking hung on theSo graphic and modern feeling (its almost got an Op Art feeling to me) and very beautifully crafted tooI really love this thing, which is in near perfect condition, and big enough to be treated as a small throw pillow, though I am pretty certain it was made to be a pin cushion and is quite tightly stuffed (not pillowy soft). This particular style of raised wool embroidery is typically referred to as stumpwork, a term dating to 1890 (though there is a