Fabulous Velvet Mushroom Pin Cushion color theory painting executed in black ink on

executed in black ink on linen card and signed (initialed) at lower right

and from which some of the brown paint has worn off

His work is included in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Museum of Arts & Design

"And never was piping so sad

Fabulous Velvet Mushroom Pin Cushion color theory painting executed in black ink onThe existence of this oversized mushroom pin cushion makes me completely happy, and it could be even better with some stick pins stuck in it, perhaps carefully arranged to spell out a word or two across the expanse of its cap. I am not an expert on pin cushions so am not completely sure the age of this, but the velvet looks hand dyed hand painted to me, and the construction of the mushroom very carefully done, with tiny, barely visible hand stitches