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<p>[QUOTE="Morg, post: 3717297, member: 18927"]Hello 2manybooks and Debora - thank you so much! Y'all have been such a huge help. The stitching looks spot on, like little Vs overlapped onto one another. I don't understand enough to determine if the velvet was stamped or not. One give away seems like it would be fading or discoloration and I wouldn't know how to tell the difference between stained and colored thread. The one part of it that looks like it could be a misalignment of stamped ink is in the leftmost panel, where one of the two seated persons is offering some fruit and the fruit outline is not properly filled with red (within the black outline). It also looks like the stitching was added later. It's been fun to dig into the history of this family find!</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess one additional question might be – do you think it would be worth trying to have this restored somehow? Or leave as is? I was thinking it might be best to place under glass to help flatten the wrinkles a bit, but I don't want to damage it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Morg, post: 3717297, member: 18927"]Hello 2manybooks and Debora - thank you so much! Y'all have been such a huge help. The stitching looks spot on, like little Vs overlapped onto one another. I don't understand enough to determine if the velvet was stamped or not. One give away seems like it would be fading or discoloration and I wouldn't know how to tell the difference between stained and colored thread. The one part of it that looks like it could be a misalignment of stamped ink is in the leftmost panel, where one of the two seated persons is offering some fruit and the fruit outline is not properly filled with red (within the black outline). It also looks like the stitching was added later. It's been fun to dig into the history of this family find! I guess one additional question might be – do you think it would be worth trying to have this restored somehow? Or leave as is? I was thinking it might be best to place under glass to help flatten the wrinkles a bit, but I don't want to damage it. Thanks again![/QUOTE]
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