Antique Amish Plushwork Mat with Needlepoint Center in Ultra Radiant Palette flying birds Good still for holding matches

Good still for holding matches

it/he keeps me looking at him again and again and again

I guess about to groom the horse she has largely erased

with the horizontal dowels meant for linens

Antique Amish Plushwork Mat with Needlepoint Center in Ultra Radiant Palette flying birds Good still for holding matchesThis sort of tufted wool embroidery is typically described as Amish "plushwork," or Pennsylvania Dutch "stumpwork", and is most often made wrapping stitching wool yarn over a template, then cutting the ends of the wool evenly to create a chenille type effect. I've not seen an example incorporating needlepoint before though, which made this one especially interesting to me though first and foremost it is all about that color! This square mat is an old