Amazing Antique Metallic Embroidery on Silk Ribbon (Collection of Pieces) kitten painting and this a quintessentially New

and this a quintessentially New England one

whose designs are featured here

purchased from one of my favorite dealers in New Hampshire

"heliotrope"

but really rather muscular and electric

Amazing Antique Metallic Embroidery on Silk Ribbon (Collection of Pieces) kitten painting and this a quintessentially NewThere is a dealer in New Hampshire at a shop I frequent who built an exquisite collection of antique ribbon and trim, culled in Europe. I bought and sold one long stretch of English 17th early 18th century heavy wool and metallic thread trim a month or two ago, and scooped up this group of pieces last week, earlier 19th century I think, maybe even earlier than that, and I would guess French. I just find the metallic thread embroidery, which I think