Old Hand-braided Round Chenille Mat with Great Color antique native american this gracefully raised hand

this gracefully raised hand

This is another one that photos don't do justice

I'd guess this small tin wall box was meant to hold matches

and and an excellent gift for the student

mostly ruled paper with a few drawings on laid pasted in

Old Hand-braided Round Chenille Mat with Great Color antique native american this gracefully raised handI just couldn't resist the color on this one, which made me think how nice a grid of hand braided mats in bold and unusual colors would be hung in a grid on the wall. (I've be thinking more and more about relationships between traditional handmade textiles and modern art, painting especially, lately, and can't look at this without thinking of 1960s 70s geometric abstraction and targets, too!) Most of the fabric scraps used to make this one, including