Wonderful Antique French Hand-embroidered Figurative Doily: Soleil rounded Both eyes change from wide

Both eyes change from wide eyed blue (a little bloodshot around the edges) to closed

Yet still there is something to say for the hat / And for woman own sake I must preach it / Which is - should a family be caught in the rain / Then the family can shelter beneath it

My favorite though (in addition to the shin guards) might be the balletic posture of the outfielder

without a chip

No way could I resist this one--a perfect embodiment of how found object + creative idea + small intervention adding up to something pretty fantastic

Wonderful Antique French Hand-embroidered Figurative Doily: Soleil rounded Both eyes change from wideClearly I've been paying attention to antique lace and linens of late, especially figurative pieces, which seem to me to be a great trove of folk art delights! This this handmade linen doily, spelling "soleil" at left (wonderfully divided across two lines as if an afterthought, or adapted to fit) is certainly French, and I believe may reference Louis XIV, the "sun king", in its depiction of this Sun God warrior with sword, rayed crown, and royal lion