Woman in Turban, Very Intricate Old Folk Art Needle Lace Medallion modern ceramic vase with some gold painted details

with some gold painted details on the body and near interior of the wings

There are are old

At some point a little hook was added at the top for hanging

but the red darned square on this small 1878 schoolgirl sewing sampler is as precise as any I've ever seen--the stitches are teeny teeny teeny tiny

Paper: 8 9/16” x 6 1/2”

Woman in Turban, Very Intricate Old Folk Art Needle Lace Medallion modern ceramic vase with some gold painted detailsSeveral years ago I found a figural needle lace medallion very closely related to this one that one depicting a figure wearing an elaborate headdress I took for Native American (photo included in documentation). It seems quite likely then that a series of these were created, representing the traditional costumes of different cultures from around the world whether by a single maker or done after a pattern I am not entirely certain, though I might now