Antique Handmade Needle Lace Doily brooklyn The wheels

The wheels

unlikely existence to begin with

including the scale of the birds

heads to the ground amidst green grass and pink flowers

Antique Handmade Needle Lace Doily brooklyn The wheelsAnother 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