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making for a spectacular celebration of the eccentricity of classic Chinese visual culture
The drawing in beautiful proportion to the size of the piece
It published its first prints in 1840 and continued to produce work beyond 1888
Period: George III & Mid 20thC
A Rare 19thC Shell-Work Folk Art Figure of a Lady sub-Decorative Objects making for a spectacular celebrationOrigin: Possibly West IndianPeriod: Mid Late 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1850 80Height: 6Width: 1. 75Depth: 1. 5 The rare and beautifully worked unique folk art figure of a lady intricately constructed in papers and exotic shells, having a painted face and silk covered tall hat, standing on a square pine base, the whole surviving from the middle of the nineteenth century and possibly of West Indian origin. This delicate figure is largely intact
