Hearts, Lilies, Angels--Beautiful 19th Century Hand-painted Embossed Paper Medallion, Under Glass, Original Frame vintage dressage markers Plenty used and worn

Plenty used and worn

body sewn of seal skin and

and energetically rendered green grass out front

Looks like she was made to be a garden post  but I’d give her a good spot on the wall

Hearts, Lilies, Angels--Beautiful 19th Century Hand-painted Embossed Paper Medallion, Under Glass, Original Frame vintage dressage markers Plenty used and wornI find this really wonderful. It is embossed card, like an early paper lace valentine, hand painted in the perfect blue and green and golds, making me think of Giotto frescoes! With goddess like blonde winged angel at left, two fingers raised (signifying the dual nature of Christ, as both human and divine) and the other hand grasping the chin of her cherub companion. White lilies to either side of them and border of yellow painted hearts against blue