Charming Handmade Linen Doily with Figurative Bobbin Lace Couples and Stars repousse but no matter

but no matter

held on with nails at the shoulders

with a few tiny surface stains

with an "e" rather than an "I" and the "t" not crossed

and crystalline green glaze pooling in crags and crevices here and there

Charming Handmade Linen Doily with Figurative Bobbin Lace Couples and Stars repousse but no matterI'm pretty obsessed with folky figurative lace, of which I've had just a few examples but which I always have an eye out for. This piece, which is in very good condition but which I believe has a good amount of age, is linen, with bobbin lace insets on the borders, all hand done. It's the man and woman, of course, who make it special, her in this wonderful, sharp edged dress with marvelously detailed hands resting on her hips. He's got one hand on his