Rare Antique 1700s French Wall 7 Pocket Weekly Calendar, Silk Embroidery, Hand Sewn, 13.75" Tall jardiniere Still mounted on the old

Still mounted on the old original alabaster plinth (2 mount wires have lost their anchoring curl and seem to be held tightly in  place with a sealing resin (see image of bottom)

the antique frame (I've only seen them in museums) or the handsome Frenchman's tiny painting in the pendant-like mount

Of the playing cards

you'll be able to use this for your own modern business cards

but it bears that imperfection

Rare Antique 1700s French Wall 7 Pocket Weekly Calendar, Silk Embroidery, Hand Sewn, 13.75" Tall jardiniere Still mounted on the oldFascinating little elegance dating to the mid 1700s, entirely hand sewn, embroidered, silk on silk and linen, it's a little wall hanging weekly organizer, calling card calendar. Each flap has the day of the week (in French, of course), and it meant to hold little notes of schedules, callers, important events. In French paintings of the era (Louis XV to XVI Marie Antoinette) showing a woman at her boudoir, dressing table, you'll see these hung beside