Antique Finely Hand-embroidered Mirrored Wall Hanging used embellished with small circular mirrors

embellished with small circular mirrors

the Boston-based artist and gallerist at whose estate sale I purchased it

one can never have too many bookends

The Andersen Studio has a long history as a pioneer ceramic design and slip casting studio producing functional and decorative objects

7" long x 1 7/8" in diameter

Antique Finely Hand-embroidered Mirrored Wall Hanging used embellished with small circular mirrorsThis 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