Chihuahua Over Bed, Vintage Hand-tinted 8x10 Photo ornament study and also a 19th century

and also a 19th century tradition of carving and painting vertebrae to resemble John Wesley (1703-1791)

and the matching fabric on the dresses of mother and daughter

I'd guess 1920s-30s or so

which I think may have lived within it for nearly 200 years

which is about half as long

Chihuahua Over Bed, Vintage Hand-tinted 8x10 Photo ornament study and also a 19th centuryKitschy and fun, but also rather poignant, with this lonely looking little dog real or a photo sculpture I am honestly not certain perched atop the headboard in seemingly perpetual wait of companionship! Somehow, to my eye at least, this manages to feel rather transcendent. 8" x 10," on matte photo paper, and in very good vintage condition