Lovely Late 19th C. Relief Carved Portrait of Young Woman with Drop Earrings one of a kind textile but this is the sort

but this is the sort of Santa I'd be happy to see year round

Old vertical fold line down the center

This a just a miniature

I of course am attracted to the effect aesthetically as well as conceptually

Lovely Late 19th C. Relief Carved Portrait of Young Woman with Drop Earrings one of a kind textile but this is the sortPhotos do this no justice, though details give a better sense. A real beauty of a relief carved portrait I'd say, quite sensitively done, and with a great deal of care and labor invested in her profuse pile of what I believe would be described as fringed and crimped bangs. The warm dry wood patina here contributes to giving a blush to her cheeks and neck just behind her ear, making her feel all the more full of life and I just love how her earlobe is