Pair of Unused 19th Century French Glass Beadwork, Silk Needlepoint Panels to Make Pillows Silver-Plate It is in an antique

It is in an antique heavy wood frame with plaster or gesso appliqué which suffers some loss

brass inlaid rosewood storage and/or presentation box and fabulous condition

elaborate hair and off-shoulder gown of highest fashion c

wood grains and often plain hardware seen here is typical of that aesthetic

And one of the old boar-bristle brushes is not like the other though both are heavy beautiful old wood

Pair of Unused 19th Century French Glass Beadwork, Silk Needlepoint Panels to Make Pillows Silver-Plate It is in an antiqueFrom 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