1850 Hand-embroidered Mourning Card with Handwritten Poem or Prayer in Period Frame inhaler to protect them from the

to protect them from the cats

early-mid 19th c

structurally sound and sturdy

and I personally like the effect

and on the back some decorative framing that seems to beg for a name or monogram at center

1850 Hand-embroidered Mourning Card with Handwritten Poem or Prayer in Period Frame inhaler to protect them from theSo tender and lovely. The handwritten text covering every unstitched inch of this looks to me to be German; I find it hard to decipher but certain phrases seems to appear over and over, so surely a poem or perhaps specifically a prayer. Perhaps it speaks of a sailor lost at sea, which the anchor leaning against the cross at center would suggest, and, with those two wonderful burning hearts, of the true love between the one lost and the one left