Antique Finely Hand-embroidered Mirrored Wall Hanging coffee cup has a porcelain clay body

has a porcelain clay body and a subtle

giving this brush a nice warm patina

with one tiny chip in the glaze on the back of the bird's neck

Iowa in the 1920s

Antique Finely Hand-embroidered Mirrored Wall Hanging coffee cup has a porcelain clay bodyThis very finely hand embroidered textile valence with mirrors I believe is an antique Indian Toran, likely from Rajasthan in Northern India. I purchased it from the estate sale of a woman who had a phenomenal collection of textiles from around the world. From what I understand, Toran stems from the Sanskrit word Torana which loosely translates "to pass," and Toran would be hung in the home, especially over entrances, to mark passage from exterior to