Endlessly Unfolding Red Leather Portfolio of 79 1850s-60s Hand-embroidered Lace Samples double ball in cage whimsy Nice original brown and red

Nice original brown and red paint

and much much richer and more special in hand

There is a scratch and loss around the very bottom of the base on one side

though what looks like the edge of a sleeve cuff peeks out to the right

Endlessly Unfolding Red Leather Portfolio of 79 1850s-60s Hand-embroidered Lace Samples double ball in cage whimsy Nice original brown and red(Forgive the not very good photos of this one which is also too long to capture in one photo.) I'm finding myself these days drawn to opposite extremes very "primitive" things at one end, and exquisitely, skillfully, laboriously crafted at the other, with this red leather folio sampler showing 79 examples of hand embroidered " appenzeller" lace created 1850 60, a prime example of the latter. Can you imagine? I purchased this from a favorite treasure