Amazing Late 19th Century Large Masonic Perforated Paper Embroidery, With Provenance antique art but I've really got to

but I've really got to marvel at the execution

which is applied on the surface of a woven bamboo or wood object

and sized for standard taper candles

4 3/4 x 3 1/4 and in good condition

but rather seems meant to lie flat

Amazing Late 19th Century Large Masonic Perforated Paper Embroidery, With Provenance antique art but I've really got toI see a fair number of late 19th century "Home Sweet Home" punch perforated paper needlepoint embroideries, but I don't believe I've come across a Masonic example, at least not one nearly as elaborate as this one, the iconography of which most closely resembles that found on elaborate antique silk Masonic aprons. A note taped to the back tells us this was the work of a Gertrude O'Connor of Harvey, Illinois, made for her husband Benjamin, a member of