Amazing 17th-18th Century Ornately Decorated Handwoven Heavy Wool and Metallic Thread Trim, Presumed English handmade dollhouse again progressing from simpler to

again progressing from simpler to more complex

with hand-painted decoration for the skirts of the dancing girls

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

And a pretty great face it is

The piece consists of a front and back cover tied together with a piece of rope

Amazing 17th-18th Century Ornately Decorated Handwoven Heavy Wool and Metallic Thread Trim, Presumed English handmade dollhouse again progressing from simpler toThis 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