Folky Antique Crewelwork Perched Peacock with Birds and Ivy stone pipe details some closest to accurate

details some closest to accurate color

which also feels to me like a pure embodiment of curiosity

Paint has surely faded

Every sort of bud looks lovely in it

feeling like old friends

Folky Antique Crewelwork Perched Peacock with Birds and Ivy stone pipe details some closest to accurateAfter finding and quickly selling a wonderful early 19th century ink and watercolor folk art drawing of a peacock a week or so ago, it felt like a bit of a sign when I came across this embroidered one this week in Maine. As with that drawing, this one is rendered not in spectacular blues and purples but rather in a variety of shades of golds and browns, which make it feel quite majestic but in a subtler sort of way (and, like that drawing, it is much