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) Perfectly set against this hand-painted wallpaper-y ground of smoky purples and golds and greens
represents souls in purgatory who require the assistance of the both the living and the divine to ameliorate their sufferings
black ink on what I believe is wove paper
Henniker NH on the underside
Hol(e)y: c. 1870s Punch Paper "Lacework" Cross in Adirondack Frame welded caterpillar ) Perfectly set against thisI've certainly bought and sold a good number of antique perforated punch paper embroideries, but this is the first piece of paper "lacework" I've had, which was created by very carefully cutting away from a large piece of perforated paper to form the shape of a cross and complex interior pattern including many dozens more (tiny) crosses. Rather miraculous, really! Most examples of these I've found seem to date to the 1870s, so I presume this one does
