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<p>[QUOTE="Northern Lights Lodge, post: 4060223, member: 13464"]Well, it is machine made. The lower photo is the "top" side of the piece. If you look at the little point's that run around the edge with the embroidered dot in the center. You will see there is a "double" thread running off to the left in the 3rd photo - those threads are missing in the 4th photo. So those threads are the coming and going threads to make that little dot. The top side wouldn't show that. Is it linen or cotton? My guess is cotton - due to the fuzz ends on threads. </p><p>It comes to mind that the birds may be phoenix's; which means that the "head" could be a Mayan or Aztec "sun god". All three cultures used phoenix's in their culture. As for a date; it "could" be as early as the 1880's... but it doesn't feel right to me to be that old. I feel that post 1900 is probably a truer age.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a truly curious little piece!</p><p>Cheerio Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Northern Lights Lodge, post: 4060223, member: 13464"]Well, it is machine made. The lower photo is the "top" side of the piece. If you look at the little point's that run around the edge with the embroidered dot in the center. You will see there is a "double" thread running off to the left in the 3rd photo - those threads are missing in the 4th photo. So those threads are the coming and going threads to make that little dot. The top side wouldn't show that. Is it linen or cotton? My guess is cotton - due to the fuzz ends on threads. It comes to mind that the birds may be phoenix's; which means that the "head" could be a Mayan or Aztec "sun god". All three cultures used phoenix's in their culture. As for a date; it "could" be as early as the 1880's... but it doesn't feel right to me to be that old. I feel that post 1900 is probably a truer age. It is a truly curious little piece! Cheerio Leslie[/QUOTE]
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