Circular framed crewel-stitchery · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Circular framed crewel-stitchery
Description: 1988 Circular framed crewel-stitchery by Lois Carlson titled "Aesop's Fables." The stitchery presents five pairs: LM, TH, GGE, "The Tree and the Reed," and "The Horse and the Two Thieves."

I think it especially clever of Mom to find fables that gave her pairs of characters. In each pair, one dominates over the other. So the pine dominates over the reed, the lion over the mouse, and the goose over the golden egg. The formula works less well with the hare many times larger than the turtle and with the ass that is many times larger than both the miller and his son. The two human images work together to flank the larger animal between them.
Source: Lois Carlson
Date: 1988
Subject: Cloth See all items with this value; Individual Cloths See all items with this value; The Oak and the Reed See all items with this value; The Tortoise and the Hare See all items with this value; The Lion and the Mouse See all items with this value; The Goose With the Golden Eggs See all items with this value; The Horse and the Two Thieves See all items with this value