Antique Handmade Needle Lace Doily brooklyn which I wish I could

which I wish I could translate

including the scale of the birds

though the form of his body certainly reminds me of those fur covered wind-up mechanical bears made in Japan

This piece is in very good condition

Antique Handmade Needle Lace Doily brooklyn which I wish I couldAnother lovely piece of old handmade needle bobbin lace, this one reminding me of a snowflake, though also like little spiders in the corners, with their webs cast everywhere else! Quite finely done, but with a nice folk y feeling about it. The labor invested in pieces like this just astounds me. 9 1 4" x 9 3 8" and in very good condition, found pinned at the corners to a piece of black felt, whch is how I will send it. A bit of staining toning at