Oops, yours isn’t the Vietri but it’s def. authentic. No question in my mind. There are unglazed edges.
I was given my first piece of DeSimone in the late 60s by my parents and have been picking it up ever since. I agree that your piece is authentic...
@Natasha Thank you so much. I really am intrigued by this piece and can’t tell you how much I appreciate your efforts. I’ve never looked into my...
My eyes ache just thinking about what it took to make that bag AJ. It’s beautiful. I agree that fine beadwork is terribly undervalued and under...
@Natasha My maternal grandfather was from Kiev and I was very close to him so I had hoped this was a “roots” piece lol. I never knew the Romanian...
Thanks everyone. You folk are amazing and so generous with your time and knowledge-I’m so appreciative. I always thought it was a strap and didn’t...
Thanks again AJ. I think I answered my own question LOL. Looks like Silyanka Gerdan which I had never heard of til now. Any idea of age?
TY so much. I had just started nosing around more and think it may actually be Ukrainian because of the edgework which was throwing me in the...
And a wonderful and safe 4th to those that celebrate the day!
[ATTACH] I picked it up about 10 years ago at an estate sale. No info was available.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I showed it to a friend who deals in Navajo...
I don’t see it in this one either but I still get that vibe on the OPs Debora. Doesn’t matter since bottom line is that it has now been identified...
Agree and that’s why I reposted after realizing what I’m pretty sure I was seeing was Moorish influence. I’d go with Spain too. I know some of...
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Interesting. It just didn’t look Italian to me. I don’t know Spain or Portugal in the same way as Italy but I just didn’t see that piece as...
Interesting piece and this is way out of my area of knowledge but it just doesn’t feel Western European to me. I don’t think it’s Italian or...
Correct term is Eye Dazzler.
Agree that it’s a Navajo Dazzler.
I think so too in which case it’s 1949-1990.
Misleading company name for sure!
Def not NA. Maybe Zapotec.
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