Amazing Late 19th Century Large Masonic Perforated Paper Embroidery, With Provenance boy's hunting notebook murals by Dows are permanent

murals by Dows are permanent fixtures in post offices in Hyde Park and Rhinebeck

and are stable now

the presumably sanded down remnants of each creating a hybrid that is its own special thing

He went on to teach at the Worcester Art Museum and Clark University for 43 years

14 inches tall by about 4 inches wide with arms down and 2" deep

Amazing Late 19th Century Large Masonic Perforated Paper Embroidery, With Provenance boy's hunting notebook murals by Dows are permanentI see a fair number of late 19th century "Home Sweet Home" punch perforated paper needlepoint embroideries, but I don't believe I've come across a Masonic example, at least not one nearly as elaborate as this one, the iconography of which most closely resembles that found on elaborate antique silk Masonic aprons. A note taped to the back tells us this was the work of a Gertrude O'Connor of Harvey, Illinois, made for her husband Benjamin, a member of