Woman with Lace Making Pillow, Self-Referential Antique Bobbin Lace Doily in Original Frame Italian opera painting and then this great splint

and then this great splint flower spreading across the top

I will not tell

) Just over 2" tall x 1 1/4" wide x 1/2" deep

but the two sides now seem pretty firmly joined

but the other holds it closed just fine

Woman with Lace Making Pillow, Self-Referential Antique Bobbin Lace Doily in Original Frame Italian opera painting and then this great splintA 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