Victorian Silk and Gold Embellished Paper Lace Madonna Canivet Card in Period Framed bug jewelry unfolding across 360 degrees

unfolding across 360 degrees

Very good I believe antique condition

but is also similar in manner to early American chalkware pieces I have found of horses and deer and cats

though we're also reminded of the very immediate activist ambitions of that work

I've resisted delving into the world of dollhouse furniture

Victorian Silk and Gold Embellished Paper Lace Madonna Canivet Card in Period Framed bug jewelry unfolding across 360 degreesI'm not the least bit religious, but I find myself more and more attracted to religious icons and artifacts of all sorts, in no small part I think due to the abundance of ornament so often present, even better when some of it is gold! Very similar in manner to a Victorian die cut and paper lace valentine, this I believe could technically be called a Canivet card, an art connected to small devotional images which had its origin in France in the 13th