Pair of Unused 19th Century French Glass Beadwork, Silk Needlepoint Panels to Make Pillows Silver-Plate bug damage and no unpleasant

bug damage and no unpleasant odors

nothing serious at all - it has aged very gracefully

and could be removed and a mirror returned to the inner lid (currently not there)

It has a feel of Grinling Gibbons' works (the Michelangelo of carved wood

this excellently preserved large plaque is entirely hand carved in wood stained a walnut hue

Pair of Unused 19th Century French Glass Beadwork, Silk Needlepoint Panels to Make Pillows Silver-Plate bug damage and no unpleasantFrom my lifelong stash of "to be made up as luxuriant down filled and lushly fringed pillow" panels, tapestries, this pair are actually Napoleon III (c. 1850 70, mid Victorian era) panels that were created and never made up into (surely) the stunning set of matching sofa pillows they were intended to become. Fabulous colors to work, the wide outer silk needlework band is actually a bit of a creamy caramel rather than gold as it comes up in a couple of