Wonderful Antique Handmade Bobbin Lace Woman with Scythe antique painters palette Her right hand is a

Her right hand is a bit lower

which is quite strong

Jingles perhaps again a somewhat sardonic reference to the character of the writing on the scrolling page in her hand

Marked Clinton near the end of the handle

Wonderful Antique Handmade Bobbin Lace Woman with Scythe antique painters palette Her right hand is aThis special thing is a piece of late 19th century figural Italian Cantu lace, entirely made by hand. At the center is this wonderful raised appliqud woman holding a scythe, with a patch of wheat before her, flowers and a butterfly at her back, and perhaps the shade of a few leafy branches overhead, all set amid this great net like ground. Perhaps it was once part of a tablecloth decoration, I'm not sure, but now I'd treat it as the work of art it is