La Poésie, l'infini This listing is for the

This listing is for the 30% deposit

"An irrepressible desire for Beauty"

Original artwork made with handpainted silk tissue paper on a background of antique handwritten postcard

beads and late 19th century French velvet

Melle's legs are suspended from long strings

La Poésie, l'infini This listing is for theLa Posie, l'infini This is a Memento Mori box, a little universe for poetry, immortal I created the piece using an old wooden box wit glass lid. The box is lined with 'pillowed' white silk. Inside it is a handsewn textile envelope filled with human hair, dried Baby Breath flowers and glass beads sewn onto it. On the floor of the box pieces from an antique French poetry book are sewn together on a string of thread The box measures 31 x 21 x 7 cm's