Winsome Antique Cabinet Card with Hand-tinted Flowers tribal wood carved comb and the embroidered border has

and the embroidered border has come loose from the main piece just in that area (it will sit fine on top

of course maps should be anthropomorphized

Though unmarked

2 1/2” across inside lip

the near perfect roundness of the head

Winsome Antique Cabinet Card with Hand-tinted Flowers tribal wood carved comb and the embroidered border hasSuch a winsome feeling one; whether wedding flowers or mourning flowers I do not know, but I sure love the slightly frayed ribbon that holds them together, with their thorny cut stems splayed below it. And the pale pink and pale yellow hand tinting has the effect of seeming as if longing to revivify them but instead casting them further into the past. Formally and associatively quite a delicate feeling thing. 6 1 2" x 4 1 4" and in good condition,