Antique Hand Embroidered Silk Cigar Ribbon Quilt Block italy Oil on canvas modernist portrait

Oil on canvas modernist portrait of a man sitting by Bruce W

Crossing at old foot bridge landscape acrylic on canvas board

Golfing scene with dog and young caddy by Harry Eliott (1882-1959) lithograph on paper

The author's extremely fine handwriting in pencil is mentioned in Father Flye's introduction to the book: he used a well-sharpened pencil

Signed and titled on verso

Antique Hand Embroidered Silk Cigar Ribbon Quilt Block italy Oil on canvas modernist portraitAntique cigar ribbons which were used to wrap bundles of cigars are here pieced together in a colorful graphic block. Sewn onto a muslin backing with a fancy feather stich embroidered along all edges. Shades of orange and yellow with the cigar names printed in black, including, Owl, Why, Velinda and La Imperial. Unframed, edges are raw, likely was going to become a pillow or part of a quilt, some fraying to silk, edge wear. 16. 5" square.