Folky Antique Crewelwork Perched Peacock with Birds and Ivy history painting and a boy in sailor

and a boy in sailor suit at near left

for myself

The original elastic is still attached so one can do just that

and especially the kick at the end of that great "L"

gathered at the shoulders (with a pin securing it on the front

Folky Antique Crewelwork Perched Peacock with Birds and Ivy history painting and a boy in sailorAfter finding and quickly selling a wonderful early 19th century ink and watercolor folk art drawing of a peacock a week or so ago, it felt like a bit of a sign when I came across this embroidered one this week in Maine. As with that drawing, this one is rendered not in spectacular blues and purples but rather in a variety of shades of golds and browns, which make it feel quite majestic but in a subtler sort of way (and, like that drawing, it is much