Antique Roundish Hooked Wool Roses on Linen white boot great for serving a whole

great for serving a whole fish

5 3/8" tall x 2 3/4" wide x 1 3/8" deep

perhaps modeled on the former

Really a terrific piece that would command attention wherever it is placed

intimate way

Antique Roundish Hooked Wool Roses on Linen white boot great for serving a wholeI like the backside of this about as much as I do the front, and also like it in its presumably unfinished state a table mat I'd guess that never became quite round. I might just pin it straight to the wall from the top corners of the linen, feeling very much like a tactile painting to me. 17 1 4" x 14 7 8" and in very good condition, with a bit of staining to the linen and evident, which to me just adds to a sense of its age and aura. Late 19th c. I