Handsome Old Carved Wooden Shorebird Emile Bluteau the elaborate frame (encircling her

the elaborate frame (encircling her in gold and purple velvet) and the note on the back I have to believe this Catherine was very well loved

The black headed pins clustered on one of the spools would be used to mark the pattern and to provide points around which the thread

perched so close to her mouth it seems as if might be whispering sweet things to her

) Surely inspiration and/or material for all sorts of creative endeavors

as one finds in many a portrait of well to do men

Handsome Old Carved Wooden Shorebird Emile Bluteau the elaborate frame (encircling herI found this old carved shorebird in New Hampshire this week and just thought it really beautiful. I'm not at all an expert on bird carvings, but I look at enough of them around these parts to notice when one stands out and feels special. It appears this one may once have one been painted, but most of that is gone now, with the rich brown of the wood body much of what makes it especially lovely to me. 13 3 8" t x 12 5 8" long measured on the square.