Victorian Silk and Gold Embellished Paper Lace Madonna Canivet Card in Period Framed painted stone fruit this is a very old

this is a very old

A little charmer of a carved dog I think

Much aged but I think all the better for it

really rather existential feeling

which has led me to believe that it is Native Alaskan

Victorian Silk and Gold Embellished Paper Lace Madonna Canivet Card in Period Framed painted stone fruit this is a very oldI'm not the least bit religious, but I find myself more and more attracted to religious icons and artifacts of all sorts, in no small part I think due to the abundance of ornament so often present, even better when some of it is gold! Very similar in manner to a Victorian die cut and paper lace valentine, this I believe could technically be called a Canivet card, an art connected to small devotional images which had its origin in France in the 13th