Antique Amish Plushwork Mat with Needlepoint Center in Ultra Radiant Palette ancient and "OV" on the back

and "OV" on the back

then adhered the the paper

A beauty of an image I think

but what a mind this Robert Muller had too

Antique Amish Plushwork Mat with Needlepoint Center in Ultra Radiant Palette ancient and "OV" on the backThis sort of tufted wool embroidery is typically described as Amish "plushwork," or Pennsylvania Dutch "stumpwork", and is most often made wrapping stitching wool yarn over a template, then cutting the ends of the wool evenly to create a chenille type effect. I've not seen an example incorporating needlepoint before though, which made this one especially interesting to me though first and foremost it is all about that color! This square mat is an old