Moscow Rules: Buy it When You See It
Canada Day weekend we idly wandered around a craft show and flea market. Due to work-weirdness-that-shall-not-be-named, I was pretty much a zombie and forgot to bring money. I kept bumming cash from Douglas to pick up a couple thing that fell within the Mosow Rules for shopping.
I picked up a bit of needlework that’s in bad shape–water-stained, spotted, and faded–and the condition was reflected in the price. This was cheap and I’m unlikely to see another one.
Although this was probably intended for a pillow cover, the wear suggest that it hung in a sunny spot for a while and then later lay flat and maybe folded when it was water damaged. It’s stitched in two types of thread–silk for the flags and cotton for the centre piece–and probably by two hands.
The flags give away the dates–it would have been stitched in Canada between 1914 and early 1917.
Patriotic Pillow - Front
And since I’m always about to get into trouble in museums by trying to look at the underside of things, here’s the back view.
Patriotic Pillow - Back
