Ninety and Nine, Late 19th Century Punch Paper Embroidery with Lost Lamb, Original Frame painting of books I'm not exactly sure what

I'm not exactly sure what is written at the top of that page--perhaps Irene T___

2 1 1/2" across at ferrule

which feels both very naive and very elegant at the same time

and a handwritten note on the back place its purchase to 1939--the printed attribution on the back suggests it was produced in an edition

completely sold me on it

Ninety and Nine, Late 19th Century Punch Paper Embroidery with Lost Lamb, Original Frame painting of books I'm not exactly sure whatIt strikes me that framed punch paper embroideries were the sort of precursor to printed plaques one sees now in home stores declaring things like "it's Good to Be Home" or "God Bless this Mess." And indeed the antique punch paper embroidery one most commonly sees declares "God Bless Our Home." I'd not seen this "Ninety and Nine" before, though, and of course am a sucker for a lost little lamb! The Ninety and Nine refers to the "Parable of the Lost