Amazing Late 19th Century Large Masonic Perforated Paper Embroidery, With Provenance antique art The color is bright and

The color is bright and saturated and the stock is matte

the latter of which--and its presence--photos don't well capture

and a sweet little mirror to boot

but rather seems meant to lie flat

The relatively crude manner of the engraving

Amazing Late 19th Century Large Masonic Perforated Paper Embroidery, With Provenance antique art The color is bright andI 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