Antique Linen Pincushion with Wonderful Bobbin Lace Woman girl in blue with a brown

with a brown

The bone-faced German and French dominoes are always defective as well as expensive

This is one of a handful of small seaweed pressings I purchased together

against a painterly pale pink ground

not a flaw

Antique Linen Pincushion with Wonderful Bobbin Lace Woman girl in blue with a brownWhat a lot of love went into this one, and what a lot of love and use it appears to have seen, which of course makes it feel all the more precious to me. Two layers of yellow fabric, the top one a (now) pale yellow linen, with this wonderful needle bobbin lace hatted woman at the center, hands on hips, with marvelous tiny fingers. 3 7 8" x 3 5 8" not including tassels. Surface fading and darkening buy no holes or issues, all seams tightly hand sewn,