Sweet, Small Antique Alphabet Sampler with Flamestitch Practice mid-century modern teak vase heart shaped nose

heart shaped nose

Late 19th century or so I think

I have put a matte over it approximately matching the cream color of the paper and put it in a simple

Raising the status of American stoneware

and a couple of flowers

Sweet, Small Antique Alphabet Sampler with Flamestitch Practice mid-century modern teak vase heart shaped noseThere are so many keen sampler dealers and collectors out there that for the most part I leave them alone. But, occasionally I find one that calls to me like an out of order alphabet I had a few months ago, and this one, with its patch of colorful flame stitching at bottom right, at odds with the careful linearity of the rest, and like a little abstract explosion of energy. Certainly this was just a little practice sampler and so here she was (a girl