1848 Pennsylvania Folk Art Roses on Vine Scrapbook Page Watercolor napier I've looked at a fair

I've looked at a fair number of hand-sewn Humpty Dumpties

powder-lacquered black steel

" And then still later

tucked tie

and making me wonder if perhaps this embroidery paid homage to the loss of a beloved pet

1848 Pennsylvania Folk Art Roses on Vine Scrapbook Page Watercolor napier I've looked at a fairI find this Fraktur type watercolor an extremely lovely thing, with its pale pink roses looking a bit like puffs of popcorn amid this graceful and profuse sprawl of green leaves and thorns and buds. Made all the better by the E. B. V monogram at the base of the stem, rendered in graphite against a pale yellow banner, with little stars between each letter. The page clearly came from E. B. V's scrapbook, with a handwritten poem (Remembrance) dated 1848,