Lovely Late 19th C. Relief Carved Portrait of Young Woman with Drop Earrings one of a kind textile super smooth from age and

super smooth from age and wear

is that he was born in Chicago

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

Old vertical fold line down the center

really great looking

Lovely Late 19th C. Relief Carved Portrait of Young Woman with Drop Earrings one of a kind textile super smooth from age andPhotos 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