Hand-painted Cased Photo of Woman in Blue Dress with Cupcake Hat! humorous antique vessel and furniture

and furniture

Box measures 7 3/4" x 2" x 3/4"

it must have been stored in a scrapbook as the corners on reverse show lighter

as the textile is a bit smaller than the frame and also a bit irregular in shape

Hand-painted Cased Photo of Woman in Blue Dress with Cupcake Hat! humorous antique vessel and furnitureMy favorite thing about this wonderfully hand painted photo portrait is this exuberantly and very painterly painted hat, which looks rather like a white cake with colorful frosting all over it! But the treatment of her dress I think is just right too, with a great folkiness that animates and humanizes her in a wonderful way, and makes what seems like her Sunday best feel all the more special and significant. (And which also makes her feel rather like