good tidings to you

may your lights shine bright during  the holidays and  through the rest of the year.
ill be back after the new year.





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baby caps, christening gowns, dollie robes and a sampler

   

exquisite handwork: linen christening robes  and caps with bobbin lace and hand embroidery.

                   

dollie clothes for baby dollies and lady dolls made of paper with the luxury of real lace.

a sampler, one of many. of course all these neither the robes nor the doll's clothes came from a shepherd's family, but from the town's bourgeoisie.

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sheperds'crafts

beautifully carved bell holders perhaps for baby lambs or goats made from poplar wood.







cups and a salt or sugar box.
wish they could make those cups again.

                                                                                         

  those spoons! they remind me so much of the 

ones made by the  sami people. luckily there's still a craftsman who makes a simpler version that sells at the museum's gift shop.

neki desu