it is open on the sides and top
And very sweet hand-tatted lace trim around the perimeter
Seems right to be drawing a caboose late in life and I really like the straight on
it seems well suited to house a lion or tiger behind those screens (though would also make a great cricket cage
as if the purpose of the green embroidery were to gather up the waves of thread
On the Path, Forever Elusive, Liminal Feeling Antique Sepia Paper Print design learning it is open on theA dream of a photo to my eye, super atmospheric and with this woman on her path lingering forever just beyond focus, in the realm of the unknowable. And the whole image enhanced by the sepia tonality, which makes time of day, season, etc. feel elusive hovers like a portrait of liminality itself. 4 1 8" x 3 1 16". Good condition, c. 1900 I believe, mounted to black paper.