Great Old Confetti Mat on Unusual Crocheted Structure antique party game or in some cases instructions

or in some cases instructions for how to create an illusion according to the diagram on the face of the card

and its treatment looks to me to include freehand painting

10 3/4" t x 13 3/4" w x 1 1/8" deepest

Our young illustrator turned to pencil for the terror-ridden parts of the story

Great Old Confetti Mat on Unusual Crocheted Structure antique party game or in some cases instructionsFor me it's as much about the back as the front on this old "confetti" shag table mat I'm not a connoisseur, but I've not seen one constructed like this before, with the colorful strips of fabric, mostly silk it appears, pulled through a knit crocheted structure. Very lovely, and making it especially good for hanging, which is what I would do (I'd just stitch a loop of thread to either corner and hang directly on the wall from two pins or small nails