Amazing 17th-18th Century Ornately Decorated Handwoven Heavy Wool and Metallic Thread Trim, Presumed English antique fire alarm I fell in love with

I fell in love with this heart shaped trivet at first sight and could not let it go--something about the form of it

hand-sewn of oil cloth I think at least a hundred years ago

passing away by 1895 from tuberculosis

And the darkening and old water stains to the dry wood add a sense of shadiness or mystery

adding a whole different dimension of pattern to it

Amazing 17th-18th Century Ornately Decorated Handwoven Heavy Wool and Metallic Thread Trim, Presumed English antique fire alarm I fell in love withThis I regard as the most special thing I've found in the last few weeks, for being very old and just blowing my mind with its construction. Handwoven of both heavy wool and metallic thread, it is a 54 inch stretch of wide trim, onto which was stitched an endless series of metallic thread wrapped metal forms crosses, knots, and bows of several sorts. Details give a sense of the intensity of the workmanship here, but holding it in hand is a different