Boy with Dog 19th Century Folk Art "Sandpaper" Painting filagree hairpin with 1 1/2" tall lip

with 1 1/2" tall lip

though someone would need to be pretty special to deserve one of these

One need not be a skilled practitioner of ikebana to make striking use of this beautifully crafted ikebana vase

with especially nice profile views showing strong jawline and high cheekbones

accomplishing absolutely nothing

Boy with Dog 19th Century Folk Art "Sandpaper" Painting filagree hairpin with 1 1/2" tall lipThis marvelous thing is an antique "sandpaper painting" a technique popular in the mid 19th century, of creating charcoal drawings on paper coated with marble dust, which creates a surface with a fine grit like sandpaper. These are a pretty fascinating genre, typically monochromatic and most often depicting Hudson River landscapes, though one occasionally finds portraits and examples incorporating color, like this one. These most often were done by