Antique Amish Plushwork Mat with Needlepoint Center in Ultra Radiant Palette flying birds Hand-painted on cardboard with great

Hand-painted on cardboard with great color

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

the shortest 4 1/8" long

structurally sound condition

1900 or so I believe and think either Mexican or New Mexican—and she’s quite patriotic feeling now in her red white and blue

Antique Amish Plushwork Mat with Needlepoint Center in Ultra Radiant Palette flying birds Hand-painted on cardboard with greatThis 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