Finely Dressed Young Woman at Piano, c. 1840s Folk Art Portrait in Original Burl Maple Frame helix with an old wire still

with an old wire still looped through the hole at top center for hanging (or easily removed

so strikingly graphic

I pulled this stunning 1940s Japanese hand painted porcelain vase out of the crumbling barn attic of a man who had served in Japan during WWII—amazingly

Perfectly housed along with the spinner (the post of which slides out) in slide top wooden box with paper label

to my great delight

Finely Dressed Young Woman at Piano, c. 1840s Folk Art Portrait in Original Burl Maple Frame helix with an old wire stillHappily a lovely local shop owner friend messaged me when this lovely came in to her shop, knowing I would like it, and indeed I very much do. C. 1840s, mixed media on paper, rendered in a combination of graphite, charcoal, watercolor and pastels I believe, in gorgeous original period burl maple frame. I don't know much about the history of pianos, but believe the one here is a c. 1830s upright cabinet piano (often towering things, extending up to 7