Tatting lace and beads pendant
Tatting lace and beads pendant
Tatting lace and beads pendant

Tatting lace and beads pendant

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Pendant in golden tatting lace, white beads and pink sfunato beads. It is completed by a golden brass chain. It is entirely handmade. 

It measures 5.5 cm by 8 cm, including the 12 cm pendant. The chain is 60 cm long

My emotion:

Skilled hands intent on embroidering precious details: this image accompanied my childhood, like that of many children here in Sicily.

Under the clear light of the skylight of her house, my grandmother embroidered, with patience and precision, her precious lace, and I watched her, admired, give life to a delicate beauty of shapes and colors. 

Embroidery, in Sicily and beyond, was for women a hobby to cultivate but sometimes also a means to support the family income or to become economically independent