Glorious 18th Century Crewelwork Embroidery Purse Fragment, Restored, with Conservation Report antique advertisment this watercolor is unsigned

this watercolor is unsigned

twice-- Tshi Mua and Tshibanda Muayabu--I believe most likely Congolese

Gumps is known as a purveyor of luxury goods from around the world

She was one of the original faculty members at Julliard and at the Bennington School of Dance--which may be where these snapshots were taken

and that terrific green dial

Glorious 18th Century Crewelwork Embroidery Purse Fragment, Restored, with Conservation Report antique advertisment this watercolor is unsignedTo my eye and sensibilities, this is a gloriously beautiful thing, and among the most special textiles I've had in my possession. It is an 18th century crewelwork embroidery, wool on linen, which I believe was originally a purse. (At the end of photos is a photo of a 1986 page from Maine Antiques Digest documenting a similar crewelwork purse believed to have been owned by John Richardson of Townsend MA sold along with a small watercolor of a house for