Small Antique Punch Paper Embroidery of Dog: Innocence hand-sewn toy with tiny hand-sewn seams down

with tiny hand-sewn seams down the sole and up the back

this young man seems wonderfully at ease

so would be a good one to give to the kids to keep themselves amused

other playing with simple geometries like this one

This drawing was the first page of the sketchbook

Small Antique Punch Paper Embroidery of Dog: Innocence hand-sewn toy with tiny hand-sewn seams downI continue to be fascinated by these old punch paper embroideries because of the way image and text were combined the more unexpected the combination the better. I might have expected "loyal friend" or "my pet" to accompany this dog, but instead "innocence" which makes this dog seem rather holy! (And, as so many of these were religiously oriented, it makes it feel almost as if this pup on his pillow were a stand in for Jesus!) And so, a good one in