Hand embroidery Redwork 130 yrs old

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04-11-2011, 08:56 AM

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mimom

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its beautiful

04-11-2011, 09:04 AM

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jljack

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Beautiful, and what a treasure!!

04-11-2011, 09:05 AM

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Awesome.

04-11-2011, 09:10 AM

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Absolutely beautiful!

04-11-2011, 09:22 AM

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How wonderful to get to view this. Thank you so much for posting it

04-11-2011, 09:31 AM

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leaha

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love redwork thanks for sharing

04-11-2011, 09:36 AM

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RedGarnet222

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I always wondered if they used books to copy pictures from. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

What a treasure she has. I hope someone can fix the tear in it for her.

Thanks for sharing... Both of you!

04-11-2011, 04:25 PM

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Lori Peercy

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It is pretty well torn up on the back, she is thinking of putting a muslin sheet on the the back to stabilize it and use unbleached muslin on the front. The top 4 inches are disintergrating.