Nineteenth Century Folk Art Textile of a “Red Leg” Baseball Player, circa 1870

$3,000 · Offered by Between the Covers

[circa 1870]. Unbound. Stitched textile panel (12” x 17 ½”). A charming early depiction of a baseball player, most likely a Cincinnati Red Stocking, with “RED” stitched above a pictorial figure of a leg on the player’s shirt. The player’s cap also closely resembles the caps worn by the Cincinnati..... More

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