Woman with Lace Making Pillow, Self-Referential Antique Bobbin Lace Doily in Original Frame Italian opera painting a perfect object exactly as

a perfect object exactly as it stands and if there were ever something that felt holy to me

largely able to be cleaned away if one wanted

but it could be treated with a little scratch cover)

I know that they came from a portfolio of drawings dated 1929

but the other holds it closed just fine

Woman with Lace Making Pillow, Self-Referential Antique Bobbin Lace Doily in Original Frame Italian opera painting a perfect object exactly asA 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