Finely Hand-Embroidered South American Textile Pouch light green Teppich was born in Germany

Teppich was born in Germany in 1904

and quite extraordinary

with red inside the mouth as the perfect final touch

and once one has done so

Such a fantastic box

Finely Hand-Embroidered South American Textile Pouch light green Teppich was born in GermanyI don't really know the story of this wonderful, finely hand embroidered pouch, which I purchased at the estate sale of a gallerist and collector in Boston, who had some incredible South American textiles, including some ancient Chancay Peruvian woven pieces. I would guess it, too, is Peruvian, and certainly painstakingly done, with thousands of tiny cross stitches. I think it's quite possible that the embroidery is older than the pouch itself a