Adele said: <<My two cents: I'm thinking these pieces are probably machine-made. They're really very big (for the non-metric, the small is 12" x 18" and the large is about 63" x 18") and the type of design makes me think they're later rather than earlier.
The larger piece makes me wonder about monograms - the monogram at each end is composed of letters that are the same upside-down as right-side up, so I'm wondering - do you think the monogram is SWM or MWS?>> I think it is SWM because that is the way it reads when the picture that it is under is in proper orientation. Note that the one end features the same boy strewing grain with his dog which is on the other piece. The opposite shows a woman gathering sheaves. I can't make out the other scenes. If handmade, or even machine made, I suppose, the SWM could be the name of a mission or other charitable industrial production. It doesn't look like a personal monogram to me. But this is wild speculation on my part. It is somewhat reminiscent of war lace. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
