petitpoint

In her living room were chairs with petitpoint seats that she had made, embroidery and that kind of thing she had done as a young woman.

Oral History Interview with Broadus Mitchell, August 14 and 15, 1977. Interview B-0024. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) 1977

I sat down on the edge of a petitpoint chair, thoroughly illatease.

Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940