La Poésie, l'infini beads and late 19th century

beads and late 19th century French velvet

Measures: 39 x 32 cm

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reflecting the tiny golden stars that are painted on the walls of the theatre and the mysterious handwritten text from the antique postcards

La Poésie, l'infini beads and late 19th centuryLa Posie, l'infini This is a Memento Mori box, a little universe for poetry, immortal I created the piece using an old wooden box wit glass lid. The box is lined with 'pillowed' white silk. Inside it is a handsewn textile envelope filled with human hair, dried Baby Breath flowers and glass beads sewn onto it. On the floor of the box pieces from an antique French poetry book are sewn together on a string of thread The box measures 31 x 21 x 7 cm's