Early 19th Century American Homespun Wool Embroidery Candle Mat kid drawn but I do know if

but I do know if came from Ethiopia

I love the soft colors of the tiles

and with a nice softness that I at least find pretty transportive

The set includes 16 clay and 1 wood marble and what I believe it a pretty old fabric pouch in which they came

1 1/4" in diameter and 1 1/4" tall

Early 19th Century American Homespun Wool Embroidery Candle Mat kid drawn but I do know ifA small wonder, rare survivor and one just wants to pet it! It really never ceases to amaze me that things like the have endured. Early 19th century New England I believe, homespun, hand dyed wool on handwoven linen cotton, this would have been made as a candle mat, though with no cloth backing, perhaps it was never finished for use. Some stitches lost to the needlepoint rose and orange ground at center, but quite stable, and the fluffy wool perimeter