Fantastic 19th Century Very Finely Beaded Green and White Checkerboard Patterned Needlebook/Pinkeep American flag drawing in Art from Knox College

in Art from Knox College

but with the first name painted over in black so only the last name

and particularly renowned for the fineness of their basketry

but with some effort I'd think one could get all the old thread off if one wanted

Disk measures 5 7/8" x 3 3/8"

Fantastic 19th Century Very Finely Beaded Green and White Checkerboard Patterned Needlebook/Pinkeep American flag drawing in Art from Knox CollegeI swooned when I spotted this one, sold to me by a favorite dealer from Maine, and which I am quite sure is 19th c. New England. Since finding a very similarly constructed finely beaded needlebook a month or so ago (that one with a white New England house and sentiment "Remember Me" spelled out in tiny seed beads, just the size of these) I have been obsessed; not many of these out there, and it wouldn't surprise me a bit if this was made by the same