Lovely c. 1800 Hand-drawn Patterns (Presumed for Embroidery), Ink on Watermarked Laid doll head with wire earrings I am silly to part

I am silly to part with this one because I think it is about the best thing ever

just another beautiful sculptural thing for the shelf

much more beautiful in person

) Clearly it was used

There is some some cracking where the composition covering the body meets the painted wooden legs and a bit of scuffing and paint loss here and there

Lovely c. 1800 Hand-drawn Patterns (Presumed for Embroidery), Ink on Watermarked Laid doll head with wire earrings I am silly to partI believe this these drawings were made as embroidery patterns and I can very much imagine them executed in very fine silk thread. I love them rendered in ink though, on early watermarked laid paper, with wonderful passages of detail, tiny stars and crosshatching and squiggly lines with dots to either side. Lovely. Late 18th very early 19th century European I believe, with watermark detailed in last photo, which I have not researched. 12 7 8" x 7 3