Antique Peacocks Cross Stitch Embroidery on Silk in Original Frame (Presumed Once a Tray) for the office This is a pretty old

This is a pretty old one

which I believe would have functioned as a cigarette case

but in good structural shape

It appears to be a mono print--with details of hair

Since finding this one

Antique Peacocks Cross Stitch Embroidery on Silk in Original Frame (Presumed Once a Tray) for the office This is a pretty oldI love a peacock, even better a pair of them, and even better with a fruit tree blooming between them to give the beauty of their plumage a run for its money and to bring their significance as symbols of beauty, prosperity and rebirth to fruition. Hand dyed cotton thread, I believe, on silk, and I believe originally made to function as a tray, as it appears there were likely once handles attached to either end of the frame. Under heavy glass and what