Woman with Lace Making Pillow, Self-Referential Antique Bobbin Lace Doily in Original Frame Italian opera painting who is also a choreographer

who is also a choreographer

a perfect object exactly as it stands and if there were ever something that felt holy to me

aptly near the Washington Monument) and dated 1918

) Just over 2" tall x 1 1/4" wide x 1/2" deep

largely able to be cleaned away if one wanted

Woman with Lace Making Pillow, Self-Referential Antique Bobbin Lace Doily in Original Frame Italian opera painting who is also a choreographerA 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