Charming Hybrid: Early 19th C. Painted Box with Folk Art Needlepoint Cover tremar england This hardcover first edition

This hardcover first edition

as well as a future full of possibility

The way that the embroidery of her facial features has held onto the batting (stuffing) even while the silk fabric has worn away around them I find pretty incredible

Great patina and super nice to hold in one's hand

which could be smoothed a bit with a little sanding if desired

Charming Hybrid: Early 19th C. Painted Box with Folk Art Needlepoint Cover tremar england This hardcover first editionJust my sort of thing a special thing to begin with, made all the more special long long ago with the addition of a very folky needlepoint, secured to the top of the box. The box is c. 1820s 30s I believe, Northern European I have had a couple similar with dome tops, quite coveted things, but have not seen a slant top example like this painted with colorful little houses on all sides framed by trees and ground and deep blue sky. Whether it was some