Exquisite Hand Embroidered Hand Bag, Silver and Gold Metallic Thread on Velvet hardwood box fairly close to the surface

fairly close to the surface

Hang it from a ribbon in the office or studio both to be used as needed and enjoyed the rest of the time

)  I've learned that she is one of a set of 16 such dolls

and most definitely a really wonderful little object

Exquisite Hand Embroidered Hand Bag, Silver and Gold Metallic Thread on Velvet hardwood box fairly close to the surfaceNot exactly my usual thing (and my handbag of choice is a New Yorker tote) but the embroidery on this handbag is so fine and so beautiful I completely fell in love with it (and really feel like someone should carry it to a Met gala!) In trying to research and place it, I realized that what the metallic embroidery in gold and silver reminds me most of is a 19th c. French or Italian reliquary I recently had incorporating very elaborate metallic thread