Woman of Mystery, Antique Tapestry/Embroidery Covered Powder Box with Mirror skyscraper bank to block her husband's departure

to block her husband's departure

The burlap is shedding a bit and the red thread on one arm has come a bit unravelled

but the text on reverse is in English and a good deal about little French dogs

likely 1880s or so

Wonderfully graphic and pretty fabulous

Woman of Mystery, Antique Tapestry/Embroidery Covered Powder Box with Mirror skyscraper bank to block her husband's departureSo many things little things to fall in love with and my weakness for boxes of all sorts only seems to grow, all the better when they deliver a portrait, too! I've not seen another quite like this, with the portrait appearing to have been woven as a tapestry, though perhaps finely embroidered, as it has remained pretty much in tact while the the plum ground is pretty threadbare. I love the effects of time and wear, making our rather Mona Lisa esque