Antique Folk Art Watercolor Drawing of Fancy Woman with Bustle Skirt chicago worlds fair All carved from one piece

All carved from one piece of wood

and those mustached profiles do look rather French to me

and snatch them up whenever I do

there is a fair amount of staining to the two decks of questions (perhaps from spilled coffee or tea or cocktails) but the authors cards are in very good shape

Antique Folk Art Watercolor Drawing of Fancy Woman with Bustle Skirt chicago worlds fair All carved from one pieceI purchased this and a second naive watercolor drawing of an Indian chief, surely by the same maker, from a seller in Pennsylvania, who found them tucked in the back of a late 19th century scrapbook. Their maker certainly had a way with color and wonderful details, in this case from her fabulous feathered hat to her little yellow parasol to those terrific blue boots! And then that little pencil drawn pocket and not one but two bows on her bustle