Antique Round Braided Silk Tabletop Mat - Two of Two folk art bathing beauty I will happily

I will happily

fantastically expressive from branches to roots

Whether this drawing was in fact a sketch for a real WearEver advertisement or a student illustration I am not sure

I count 76 of them total

Antique Round Braided Silk Tabletop Mat - Two of Two folk art bathing beauty I will happilyI've become such a fan of these old braided mats, and look at a lot of them before landing on ones I really like. This and one other I am listing I found together and assume were made by the same person, who I think had a very good eye for color and pattern. Good on the table under the coffee pot or tea pot or dishes or candlesticks or whatever. 13 1 2" in diameter and in good antique condition on both side, definitely used and a bit faded, but lovely.