Handwoven and Embroidered Textile by Sarah Sanborn (NH, 1732-1792) with Family Note ladies leg horseshoe And I think it's become

And I think it's become all the better with age

My guess is that he was meant to represent Uncle Sam

but this definitely has a James Bond sort of glamour to it that makes me want to grab a martini and place a bet

and will throw in a couple more not shown here

Handwoven and Embroidered Textile by Sarah Sanborn (NH, 1732-1792) with Family Note ladies leg horseshoe And I think it's becomeI 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