RARE LOUIS XIV 1600s to 1700s Paint de Saint-Cyr Antique Micro Petitpoint Embroidery Tapestry, Needlepoint still life Delightful antique French Napoleon III

Delightful antique French Napoleon III era miniature or doll sized 3 1/8" vanity or hand mirror with tested 18k gold cartouche sans monogram

The early ones are our favorites

I purchased this about 20 years ago at auction in Druout in Paris

The 'bubble' within the stoppers made some of the cut sides very thin and one somehow got a hole knocked into it

a scene captured from the leisurely country manor life of the early 1800s to as late as 1860

RARE LOUIS XIV 1600s to 1700s Paint de Saint-Cyr Antique Micro Petitpoint Embroidery Tapestry, Needlepoint still life Delightful antique French Napoleon IIIThis is the finest stitching in a needlepoint embroidered tapestry we've ever seen. Those stitches on the faces of the figures are less than 1mm each, and even the larger stitches on the panel are smaller than petitpoint items done today. The work you see is one panel of a pair we bought recently out of France, (each sold separately), and represents, we think, Mary praying at the tomb of Jesus. The detail and rich colors in silk and wool yarns is