Emma Merkesell’s Large Hand Appliquéd Tulips Linen Quilt Square, Signed, 19th c. handmade wooden cross Each measures 12 3/8" tall

Each measures 12 3/8" tall x 4" wide x 2" deep without candles

with black tempera paint for his hat and face

but the final work was left undone--which makes for especially easy hanging on the wall

Plus a hollowed out half walnut shell to pile them into

but this is about my favorite Inuit carving I've ever seen

Emma Merkesell’s Large Hand Appliquéd Tulips Linen Quilt Square, Signed, 19th c. handmade wooden cross Each measures 12 3/8" tallI find this an exceptionally beautiful thing, wonderfully bold and at the same time every bit as tender and expressive as the 19th c school girl drawings I love so much. Sewn onto the linen at lower left is a piece of ruled paper signed by an Emma Merkesell; I have done some searching and the only Merkesell I have found is an Emily Merkesell of Cass; County, Iowa, who married in 1877 it seems possible to me that that Emily could be our Emma, though I