Tiny Buzzing Bees at Hive, Partial But Very Charming Early 19th Century Album Amicorum Needlepoint portraitas I purchased this from a

I purchased this from a favorite antiques shop just over the NH border in Vermont

though perhaps a dog and an especially graceful cow

9" across at handle

for use in schools and beyond

with small puncture holes in the fabric and a bit of staining but many years of use left in it and still really great looking

Tiny Buzzing Bees at Hive, Partial But Very Charming Early 19th Century Album Amicorum Needlepoint portraitas I purchased this from aI am guessing that this small, very fine (impossibly so!) needlepoint was once part of an early 19th century German "Album Amicorum" or friendship book a collection of small mementos from friends and family (watercolors, drawings, handwritten messages, and often small needlepoints) of a certain size, housed in a special box. Clearly, much of the paper square it was once mounted to, with gold foil border, is gone but I was so completely taken with the