Very Fine Antique Needle Lace Crowing Bird, Framed  haydenville ma Housed inside the gorgeous macrame/knot

Housed inside the gorgeous macrame/knot work at the large end is a lead weight

I have found a few antique Japanese dolls like this that were acrobats

7 3/8 x 4 15/16 in

There are a couple of small holes at top for hanging

as it the two might merge into one

Very Fine Antique Needle Lace Crowing Bird, Framed  haydenville ma Housed inside the gorgeous macrame/knotI can't get enough of figural lace, and this particular type style of needle lace is my favorite sort (I believe Belgian in origin), with what looks like a million tiny tight knots making up the bird alone. The wonderful spiderweb like field surrounding it here suggests a nest to me, as if it might have come with open beak to feed the babies, though as the bird appears to have a comb and wattle (launching this a wonderful arch of triangles, like a