Antique Finely Hand-embroidered Mirrored Wall Hanging used one can never have too

one can never have too many bookends

Really three earrings in one

stood on the bedside table

I only recently learned of the work of Hans Teppich

which the harness maker would press with their foot to clamp the jaws of the vise onto the piece of leather

Antique Finely Hand-embroidered Mirrored Wall Hanging used one can never have tooThis very finely hand embroidered textile valence with mirrors I believe is an antique Indian Toran, likely from Rajasthan in Northern India. I purchased it from the estate sale of a woman who had a phenomenal collection of textiles from around the world. From what I understand, Toran stems from the Sanskrit word Torana which loosely translates "to pass," and Toran would be hung in the home, especially over entrances, to mark passage from exterior to