So here are a few photos of things I'm trying to find places for:
Central Asian textiles
and another shelf "done"
.... later: Got too involved in "desk things" from my former desk, so no more photos for today.
Tomorrow: photos of antique Russian linen towels
3 comments:
Thank you for the lovely comment over at Pause for Breath. Much appreciated.
Hi!
Your shelf looks so cute! What are these... footlike things?
Greets
Julia
the items next to the matryoshka dolls are distaffs -- look at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distaff
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/166053/distaff
or Google further! They were used until the 20's or 30s, and then were just considered a folk item. You can't find them anymore except in musuems!
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