Woman in Parlor Behind Beaded Curtain, 1909 British Cyanotype quill trinket box 25ʺl × 1ʺd × 2ʺh

25ʺl × 1ʺd × 2ʺh

I'd probably prop this piece in the windowsill

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and newer reinforcements screwed to either side to sturdy it up

Woman in Parlor Behind Beaded Curtain, 1909 British Cyanotype quill trinket box 25ʺl × 1ʺd × 2ʺhI am completely taken with this antique cyanotype formally, as well as in terms of all the information that is packed into it, and for the way our elusive subject is turned away from us and forever veiled behind her beaded screen, with this curtain splitting the image into two parts in a bit of a Baroque manner. And what a chock lot of patterns and styles going on, with a fantastic degree of detail to the portrait and plate on the corner shelf,