Antique Handmade Needle Lace Doily brooklyn heads to the ground amidst

heads to the ground amidst green grass and pink flowers

which I wish I could translate

and some cracks in the chin area—but it’s quite stable and sturdy and if one tied a tied ribbons through the holes at the sides

1870 on the reverse

And they produce really excellent

Antique Handmade Needle Lace Doily brooklyn heads to the ground amidstAnother lovely piece of old handmade needle bobbin lace, this one reminding me of a snowflake, though also like little spiders in the corners, with their webs cast everywhere else! Quite finely done, but with a nice folk y feeling about it. The labor invested in pieces like this just astounds me. 9 1 4" x 9 3 8" and in very good condition, found pinned at the corners to a piece of black felt, whch is how I will send it. A bit of staining toning at