Macon & Lesquoy Open Book Hand-Embroidered Lapel Pin

An open book with a small heart bookmark trailing from it, hand-embroidered in silver and gold metal thread by Parisian house Macon & Lesquoy. The maker describes the design as a limited edition and a tribute to Marcel Proust, a writer who worked at night and took his inspiration from a daydream or a biscuit.

• Hand-embroidered brooch pin with a hanging heart charm
• Approximately 3 x 2.7 cm (30 x 27 mm)
• Worked in cannetille, a fine bullion metal thread wound into a spiral, cut to length and embroidered like beads
• Limited edition, as stated by the maker
• Brooch pin fastening to the reverse
• Designed in the maker's Paris studio; hand-embroidered in the maker's own workshop in Pakistan
• Supplied in the maker's card and velvet-lined presentation box
• Not machine washable or suitable for dry cleaning; keep away from water, alcohol and prolonged heat

A considered gift for a reader, and small enough to live permanently on a coat lapel or a tote. Loose threads should be trimmed rather than pulled.