Very Fine Antique Needle Lace Crowing Bird, Framed  haydenville ma 7 3/8 x 4 15/16

7 3/8 x 4 15/16 in

but this is about my favorite Inuit carving I've ever seen

as it the two might merge into one

I'd think a child made these

I am doing my best to learn about things as I find them

Very Fine Antique Needle Lace Crowing Bird, Framed  haydenville ma 7 3/8 x 4 15/16I can't get enough of figural lace, and this particular type style of needle lace is my favorite sort (I believe Belgian in origin), with what looks like a million tiny tight knots making up the bird alone. The wonderful spiderweb like field surrounding it here suggests a nest to me, as if it might have come with open beak to feed the babies, though as the bird appears to have a comb and wattle (launching this a wonderful arch of triangles, like a