A Mid-19thC European School Oval Oil on Board Portrait of a Lady sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Swept-up hair demanded important earrings

Swept-up hair demanded important earrings and low necklines were filled by day with pendants such as this

some good early examples bore carved initials of the owner or the name of the family

the theme is a perhaps a crossover from Christian and much older animalistic beliefs

Like marionettes the puppeteers pull strings to make the puppets move and these puppets would have worn richly coloured bright clothes

the vanity

A Mid-19thC European School Oval Oil on Board Portrait of a Lady sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Swept-up hair demanded important earringsOrigin: European Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 70 Canvas Height: 8 inches Canvas Width: 6. 25 inches In Frame: 13. 75 x 10. 5 inches The well depicted three quarter depiction on board of a young to middle aged lady in a neutral contemplative pose survives from the first half of the nineteenth century and is presented in its original carved & gilt painted softwood frame depicting large birds and floral pierced