Line, Volume, Tone, Shadow, Beautiful c. 1940s Velox Snapshot of Architectural Model elegant wooden citrus reamer The text relates to everything

The text relates to everything from the making of linen to the properties of gold and silver to the value of books--itself quite a wonderful read

Standing on snow

2 3/8" tall x 1 3/8" in diameter

a tennis match watcher

Line, Volume, Tone, Shadow, Beautiful c. 1940s Velox Snapshot of Architectural Model elegant wooden citrus reamer The text relates to everythingMaybe no words needed here, just many good things rolled into one photo, and questions of scale, too. As invariably the case, but particularly here, much better in hand, where variations in tonality (neither quite sepia nor quite gray; seeming to hover just in between) are much richer and more nuanced, and the whole image with a lovely softness about it. 4 1 4" x 3 1 4" Good condition, with tiny loss to upper right corner and tiny crease to far lower