Sweet Old Floral Petit Point on Dark Blue Wool whimsey in a bottle These sorts of rigid paddle-shaped

These sorts of rigid paddle-shaped fans are called Uchiwa in Japanese

with the owl used as a symbol to welcome good luck and good fortune

curated by Dorothy Miller

with a plastic hanger adhered to the back

they are a nice warm white

Sweet Old Floral Petit Point on Dark Blue Wool whimsey in a bottle These sorts of rigid paddle-shapedThis little petit point on wool embroidery just makes me happy; as with old samplers, I think it wonderfully caries the hand and sensibility of its maker, and I love it all the more for its moth holes and lost stitches. While it reads as black in these photos, the wool backing is a dark blue, and indeed there are a few small holes near the top right edge. It is sold as found in a very old, pretty worn gilded wood frame, the wood back of which shows