Woman with Lace Making Pillow, Self-Referential Antique Bobbin Lace Doily in Original Frame spencerian With a big red moon

With a big red moon behind and black felt added to the underside

where I presume it has lived for a very long time

just the awkwardly fitting head

paper cutting-- made using Froebel's proscribed "cutting papers

lid fits tightly and pulls off easily

Woman with Lace Making Pillow, Self-Referential Antique Bobbin Lace Doily in Original Frame spencerian With a big red moonA bit hard to capture this well due to glare, but I've done my best it is celluloid rather than glass in the frame, original to it, c. 1890s 1900 I believe. I love a piece of antique handmade figural lace, and I especially love things that are self referential, and here we have both: a piece of antique handmade bobbin lace with a picture at center of a seated woman with lace making pillow on her lap. (I've included a photo of the type of pillow used