17th-18th Century European Wool Tapestry Fragment: Throned Man in Cape with Giant Quill Pen?! old handmade box frame Another old penmanship notebook

Another old penmanship notebook

unsigned as far as I can see

7 5/8" x 6 1/2" framed

and certainly he's got enough personality to be the protagonist in a finger puppet drama

but this old brass one with turned wooden handle and hanging hook at the end is as lovely as any I have seen

17th-18th Century European Wool Tapestry Fragment: Throned Man in Cape with Giant Quill Pen?! old handmade box frame Another old penmanship notebookI purchased this one from a dealer in Maine who always has wonderful things from all over the world, including lots of beautiful old textiles. Based on others I have looked at, I believe this wool tapestry fragment is most likely French or Flemish, dating to either the later 17th or early 18th century. In addition to just loving things this old, perhaps textiles most of all carrying the presence of time and labor and the hand so intimately across