Sweet Little Bee-like Antique Folk Art Pin Cushion Japanese Daruma This is an early—very late

This is an early—very late 18th or very early 19th century—French lacquered papier-mâché snuff box

the row of cabbages in the foreground

made through cutting and overlaying stencils to paint on velvet

arguing for the responsiveness of modern architecture

They read as brass

Sweet Little Bee-like Antique Folk Art Pin Cushion Japanese Daruma This is an early—very lateJust too sweet a little pin cushion to resist, which to me looks something like a bird or bee flying into spring! Clearly made with a lot of love, with that pink silk ribbon hand stitched all around the edges, a small gap left at the nose end for hanging. Terrific fabric too, brocade I want to call it, with cream on black seaweed pattern and areas of well worn velvet. And then a pretty little blue and white patch sewn on to the underside, I presume a