SOLD Bold and Lyrical Antique Hanging Pin Keep / Needle Book 19th c portrait watercolor and 1 box of twenty

and 1 box of twenty 8 3/4" x 7 5/8" "Small Parquetry Designs III"

with light fold marks and a few edge tears here and there

but this is the first I've seen with arrows integrated into the design--four of them altogether

ink on watercolor type paper

and most likely this is the Emperor and Empress

SOLD Bold and Lyrical Antique Hanging Pin Keep / Needle Book 19th c portrait watercolor and 1 box of twentyThis one for me is all about color and pattern, with this great color blocking of tan and (thinly striped) blue and white silk on the face, turned into a drawing with the lyrical application of that red thread. Feels like a poem, and a painting. The hinged face flips up to reveal several fabric "pages" for holding needles underneath, and then room for pins all around the sides. With green silk moire on reverse. 7" t (as hung) x 3 3 8" w x 3 4" d.