Delicious Antique Painted Silk Apple Pin Cushion rectangular frame where it might be used

where it might be used to determine the outcome of all sorts of things

I really love the elegance of this one

The faces remind me of the work of Howard Finster--I think it's the noses turning into eye brows

It measures 16” in diameter and  1 7/8” tall

Delicious Antique Painted Silk Apple Pin Cushion rectangular frame where it might be usedYum. I've had one of these antique hand painted silk apple pin cushions before, and will continue to scoop them up when I can because I find them such beautiful things, each a little different. There is something about the softness of the silk and luminosity of these colors painted on it that to me feel almost otherworldly. Plus I love an apple as a thing and as a symbol, of desire among other things. This one with a braided stem and satisfying seam