Three Early Punch Paper Embroidery Endearments on Ribbon (Sold Individually) antique match holder Very well worn with scratches

Very well worn with scratches

weighing in at about 8 pounds

including to oneself

color pristine and unfaded

And just a marvelous patina accrued over a century and a quarter of so I believe

Three Early Punch Paper Embroidery Endearments on Ribbon (Sold Individually) antique match holder Very well worn with scratchesSOLD: I always think of thee Lots of great punch paper embroideries out there, some quite elaborate, but at the end of the day I think it's the simple text phrases I love most of all, which feel almost Shaker in their spareness and clarity. I found these three together and think they're quite good as a trio (really covering all the bases!), but offer them here for sale individually. Each embroidery on paper was sewn to a silk ribbon pink, green and