Amazing 17th-18th Century Ornately Decorated Handwoven Heavy Wool and Metallic Thread Trim, Presumed English handmade dollhouse leaning back but maybe also

leaning back but maybe also wanting to sit up

Hard to photograph because the gorgeous soft red on it pretty much glows

On one of the bits of paper encasing hair she went so far as to note it as clipped on a Tuesday morning

again progressing from simpler to more complex

And a pretty great face it is

Amazing 17th-18th Century Ornately Decorated Handwoven Heavy Wool and Metallic Thread Trim, Presumed English handmade dollhouse leaning back but maybe alsoThis I regard as the most special thing I've found in the last few weeks, for being very old and just blowing my mind with its construction. Handwoven of both heavy wool and metallic thread, it is a 54 inch stretch of wide trim, onto which was stitched an endless series of metallic thread wrapped metal forms crosses, knots, and bows of several sorts. Details give a sense of the intensity of the workmanship here, but holding it in hand is a different