Handwoven and Embroidered Textile by Sarah Sanborn (NH, 1732-1792) with Family Note mi'kmaq 4 3/16" d x 1"

4 3/16" d x 1" t and in very good presumed antique condition with a lovely patina to the dry wood

2 3/4" diameter x 1 3/8" tall

this one constructed of beautiful heavyweight white linen

making this stunning gazelle feel both otherworldly and completely full of life

In my dream home

Handwoven and Embroidered Textile by Sarah Sanborn (NH, 1732-1792) with Family Note mi'kmaq 4 3/16" d x 1"I love finding very old things with notes about their histories carefully attached to them; we should all have such presence of mind. And the note here, written in 1936 either by grand niece Glaydis S. Little herself or someone who knew her, tells us this finely handwoven textile, embroidered with the name Sarah Sanborn, dates to the 18th century. And a search for Sarah Sanborn immediately turns up a Sarah Sanborn, born in 1732, in Hampton, Rockingham