Wonderful Antique Handmade Bobbin Lace Woman with Scythe vintage sewing box though possibly combined with transfer

though possibly combined with transfer

the Statue of Liberty

or on its own in a windowsill or on a bedside table

Johnston at Springfield Farm

6 1/2" across at base

Wonderful Antique Handmade Bobbin Lace Woman with Scythe vintage sewing box though possibly combined with transferThis special thing is a piece of late 19th century figural Italian Cantu lace, entirely made by hand. At the center is this wonderful raised appliqud woman holding a scythe, with a patch of wheat before her, flowers and a butterfly at her back, and perhaps the shade of a few leafy branches overhead, all set amid this great net like ground. Perhaps it was once part of a tablecloth decoration, I'm not sure, but now I'd treat it as the work of art it is