Painted Cat Boot Scraper with Fantastic Surface abstracted figures (More about Islamic embroidery here

(More about Islamic embroidery here

two red and two black

with a few letters visible on the interior

In addition to the missing stitches and pin holes

This is a beautiful finely and tightly woven grass sewing basket that I believe is Native American and dates to the very late 19th or very early 20th century

Painted Cat Boot Scraper with Fantastic Surface abstracted figures (More about Islamic embroidery hereAnother terrific old cat with a lot of attitude, this one a hand painted folk art boot scraper with a really fantastic painted surface, equally great on both sides. The paint is not chippy, rather it seems sort of miraculously melded to the metal, so it could certainly be used to scrape one's boots still (perhaps wiped down after), or used as a doorstop, though I would likely give it pride of place on a shelf. Great. 12 1 8 w x 9 1 2 t x 2 d and in