Woman of Mystery, Antique Tapestry/Embroidery Covered Powder Box with Mirror Richard Rohac and the wonderfully fine graphic

and the wonderfully fine graphic patterns on both

relatively humble one

a jewelry designer from Bahia

the slightly jaunty black lettering for "NO PARKING"

One of the letters is addressed to an Atkins Blair and dated 1888

Woman of Mystery, Antique Tapestry/Embroidery Covered Powder Box with Mirror Richard Rohac and the wonderfully fine graphicSo many things little things to fall in love with and my weakness for boxes of all sorts only seems to grow, all the better when they deliver a portrait, too! I've not seen another quite like this, with the portrait appearing to have been woven as a tapestry, though perhaps finely embroidered, as it has remained pretty much in tact while the the plum ground is pretty threadbare. I love the effects of time and wear, making our rather Mona Lisa esque