Fabulous Old Checkerboard Folk Art Hooked Rug, 29 x 48 Inches curious book I love the radial stitching

I love the radial stitching over the olive green velvet

I don't know a thing about the origins of this carved sculpture (which I don't think photos quite do justice)

with a gold grip around the handle

which had become popular in both Europe and the U

She filled each and every page with a hopeful scroll

Fabulous Old Checkerboard Folk Art Hooked Rug, 29 x 48 Inches curious book I love the radial stitchingThe more I'm out looking at things, the more the fields of things attracting me grows. Hooked rugs are not something Ive dipped into much, in part because the very singular ones I really fall in love with tend to be well beyond my reach. But then theres one like this, just all about color and pattern and labor, satisfying to my eye like building blocks and color charts, and tactile to boot. I of course also love it for its moments of disruption and