Lovely Late 19th C. Relief Carved Portrait of Young Woman with Drop Earrings one of a kind textile This a just a miniature

This a just a miniature

really great looking

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

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

super smooth from age and wear

Lovely Late 19th C. Relief Carved Portrait of Young Woman with Drop Earrings one of a kind textile This a just a miniaturePhotos 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