Fantastic 17th Century English Needlework Fragment, Portrait of Young Woman with Large Hands and Flower handmade souvenir box Onyx sphere about 2" in

Onyx sphere about 2" in diameter

shows a few stains

Not including the hanging loop

with the contrast between two different lengths of links making them feel specific and particular

speaking to its one-time function

Fantastic 17th Century English Needlework Fragment, Portrait of Young Woman with Large Hands and Flower handmade souvenir box Onyx sphere about 2" inThis one. I purchased her from a dealer in my neck of the woods with really exceptional things all pretty much all beyond my reach, but this came along with a much more elaborate 17th c. stumpwork, which was his interest, and so I was able to attain her and I do feel as though she travelled across nearly four hundred years and an ocean just to be found by me! I mean, look at those hands! This is a fragment from a c. mid 17th century English stump work