Striking Antique Blue and Red Needlepoint Pouch gourd-shaped too--and a good sized one

too--and a good sized one at 70 1/2" x 40 1/4" (so almost 6 x  3 1/2 feet)

and when you screw it off

with a sky blue background behind the creamy white sails

but with just the right amount of detailing for the seams

made in Taiwan

Striking Antique Blue and Red Needlepoint Pouch gourd-shaped too--and a good sized oneI'm drawn to pattern like a magnet, and for me it doesn't get much better than the blue and red combinations on this 19th century needlepoint pouch I can't decide which side I like best, as I think both are just stunning. I love the variation to the blue especially, a perfect imperfection I assume product of variation in the original dying of the thread. I would guess some sort of closure was originally planned for this but not completed, all to the