Beautiful Grid, Lovely 19th C. Needlepoint in Hand-dyed Wool with Backing boxers with some of his strings

with some of his strings long ago snipped but still attached (they would pull right out should one desire to remove them

which I believe would have been done by its owner/s: CIR on the from and DIA on the back

The name of a prior owner is written on the inside cover

making one think of Timothy Chalamet poised for a period drama

This old (late 19th c

Beautiful Grid, Lovely 19th C. Needlepoint in Hand-dyed Wool with Backing boxers with some of his stringsI purchased this 19th c. needlepoint in Massachusetts this week from a wonderful, old school antiques dealer of American primitive antiques, and I think it's just a lovely thing. Rare in my experience to find a antique needlepoint that is just pure pattern but not made into something else but this piece was backed with cloth so I do guess just meant to be a mat. Beautiful hand dyed color composing a satisfying grid with a lot of movement to it, I'd