Another piece from my Italian great-grandmother, Bisnonna Francesca’s glory box… (Cesca in my books). This hand-embroidered pillow sham from 1920s Calabria travelled in the hull of a ship across the world to a new life in Australia and remained tucked away for many decades… a keepsake of another place and life that might have been.
from Italia to Australia…
Filed under garden + vintage linens, inspiration + history, italy
Zoë Boccabella 
What beautiful needlework & embroidery. These are real treasures crafted by your relatives’ loving hands.
Thank you, Lauree. Incredible to think it is almost 90 years old. I love that their hands touched and created these pieces and that I am able to hold them too.