SOLD Pair of Early Religious Punch Paper Embroideries with Beading signed Bernard Chaudon brutalist pin With its graceful form and

With its graceful form and gorgeous hand-painted surface treatment

The lot of 130+ of them makes for a pretty fascinating portrait of the times

Of a slightly different manner than some of the more primitive ones I have listed

I've found some other old cast iron horseshoes featuring shaking hands like this one-(though no other with this terrific heart and star at center)

otherwise about 400 clean

SOLD Pair of Early Religious Punch Paper Embroideries with Beading signed Bernard Chaudon brutalist pin With its graceful form andI pulled these two out of the same pile and both are early punch paper embroideries, so I thought it would be nice to keep them together and if one is a Bible reader, they would allow for bookmarking two very favorite passages. The one dated 1847 is unusual for incorporating metal beading for the anchor on the cross (which gives the anchor extra weight for sure!) as well as along the very bottom edge. That one is backed with white satin ribbon; the