Radiant Antique Hand-painted Silk Apple Pin Cushion antique handmade book This to my eye very

This to my eye very beautiful old basket is Tutsi (a Rwandan ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region

whose barking thwarted an assassination attempt

Wonderfully executed all the way around

--but the flowers on reverse really quite full of life too

And just lovely things

Radiant Antique Hand-painted Silk Apple Pin Cushion antique handmade book This to my eye veryI've found one or two others like this antique hand painted silk apple pin cushion over time, and will continue to snap them up whenever I do; what beautiful things! The streaks red and yellow color on the silk makes it just the most radiant thing. And this one with its two original green cloth leaves still in place, attached to the cloth wrapped wire stem. Completely lovely. 2 3 8" t x 2 3 4" d. Very good condition, very early 20th century I believe.