Incredibly Fine Antique Chinese Embroidery on Silk with Koi Lanterns in Gold Metallic Thread antique alphabet sampler photos show each with a

photos show each with a letter

with doily-like patterns

This marvelous antique tin house I am pretty certain is German

with wonderful border detail

is single layered

Incredibly Fine Antique Chinese Embroidery on Silk with Koi Lanterns in Gold Metallic Thread antique alphabet sampler photos show each with aI found this one at Brimfield and it is quite an extraordinary and beautiful piece of work a Chinese embroidery on silk, with gold metallic thread used for nearly the entirely of the two pairs of koi, making their fins and scales almost sculptural. (Just look at the detail photos of those scales, especially; phenomenal.) I am not an expert, but have looked at a fair bit of Chinese embroidery, and am pretty confident thinking this dates to earlier than