Serious Young Woman in Front of Linsey Woolsey Textile, Antique RPPC blue gray The striking contrast between the

The striking contrast between the wood of the matchsticks and their charcoal tips

while looking great on an open shelf when not in use

near Corofin

Signed and dated what looks like 1908

and it looks like like the handle may have been re-glued where it attaches at some point

Serious Young Woman in Front of Linsey Woolsey Textile, Antique RPPC blue gray The striking contrast between theThis is one of my new favorite photographic portraits ever, including for the fact that this young woman keeps reminding me of a young Chloe Sevigny, which makes me think of the subject here, in her white dress, white stockings, big bow, and unsmiling expression, as something of a style icon too. But the framing is also a big part of what makes it great, with a checkerboard patterned linsey woolsey weaving stretched behind her almost like an op art