Very Fine Antique Needle Lace Crowing Bird, Framed  haydenville ma There are a couple of

There are a couple of small holes at top for hanging

As with that drawing

I'd think a child made these

and those amazing long legs and tail

Very Fine Antique Needle Lace Crowing Bird, Framed  haydenville ma There are a couple ofI can't get enough of figural lace, and this particular type style of needle lace is my favorite sort (I believe Belgian in origin), with what looks like a million tiny tight knots making up the bird alone. The wonderful spiderweb like field surrounding it here suggests a nest to me, as if it might have come with open beak to feed the babies, though as the bird appears to have a comb and wattle (launching this a wonderful arch of triangles, like a