Marry Me? Mary A. Amee's Mid 19th Century Perforated Paper Embroidery with Birds and Urn camp with some wear/loss to the

with some wear/loss to the marbled paper the on the back cover

otherwise great vintage condition

Seems perhaps they've been out foraging

dark green trim

12 1/4" t x 4 1/2" w x 7/8" d

Marry Me? Mary A. Amee's Mid 19th Century Perforated Paper Embroidery with Birds and Urn camp with some wear/loss to theYou know I love a little punch paper embroidery, and this is an early and an uncommon one, with the urn and birds akin to those one would find on a full scale c. 1840s needlepoint sampler. And indeed, I would think 1840s 50s on this, the period when perforated paper was just becoming popular. The other thing I really love about this one, a coincidence I presume, is that a phonetic pronunciation of the name at top yields (more or less) Marry Me! (And