SOLD Bold and Lyrical Antique Hanging Pin Keep / Needle Book navigational compass and while I'd guess made

and while I'd guess made as an incense holder I'd just treat it as a head

75ʺ diameter at widest × 4

like this elephant

with what looks to me an old repair to the top of one section

both our scientific understanding and our artistic grasp of the physical world exist within a common structure of motion ration

SOLD Bold and Lyrical Antique Hanging Pin Keep / Needle Book navigational compass and while I'd guess madeThis one for me is all about color and pattern, with this great color blocking of tan and (thinly striped) blue and white silk on the face, turned into a drawing with the lyrical application of that red thread. Feels like a poem, and a painting. The hinged face flips up to reveal several fabric "pages" for holding needles underneath, and then room for pins all around the sides. With green silk moire on reverse. 7" t (as hung) x 3 3 8" w x 3 4" d.