Woman with Lace Making Pillow, Self-Referential Antique Bobbin Lace Doily in Original Frame antique kindergarden I believe it likely dates

I believe it likely dates to the very late 19th century or very beginning of the 20th

Good now as a paperweight or to add to the collection of carved or cast arms and legs and feet

If I am correct it describes the subject--Carl Eduard Krauss--as born in 1846

and not fragile

2 7/8" t x 1 3/4" w x 2 1/4" d

Woman with Lace Making Pillow, Self-Referential Antique Bobbin Lace Doily in Original Frame antique kindergarden I believe it likely datesA bit hard to capture this well due to glare, but I've done my best it is celluloid rather than glass in the frame, original to it, c. 1890s 1900 I believe. I love a piece of antique handmade figural lace, and I especially love things that are self referential, and here we have both: a piece of antique handmade bobbin lace with a picture at center of a seated woman with lace making pillow on her lap. (I've included a photo of the type of pillow used