Woman with Lace Making Pillow, Self-Referential Antique Bobbin Lace Doily in Original Frame antique kindergarden special thing

special thing

and not fragile

Good now as a paperweight or to add to the collection of carved or cast arms and legs and feet

I believe it likely dates to the very late 19th century or very beginning of the 20th

Woman with Lace Making Pillow, Self-Referential Antique Bobbin Lace Doily in Original Frame antique kindergarden special thingA bit hard to capture this well due to glare, but I've done my best it is celluloid rather than glass in the frame, original to it, c. 1890s 1900 I believe. I love a piece of antique handmade figural lace, and I especially love things that are self referential, and here we have both: a piece of antique handmade bobbin lace with a picture at center of a seated woman with lace making pillow on her lap. (I've included a photo of the type of pillow used