Young Man on Red Stool with Painterly Rug, Antique Folk Art Painted Tintype girl drawing despite not much to otherwise

despite not much to otherwise distinguish her hands

I purchased this pie wheel at the estate sale of a couple in their 90s who had a fantastic collection of primitives

and the seller I purchased it from bought it in the early 1980s at auction from Eldred's on Cape Cod

Such a happy thing to set at the center of the table

I have not opened it from the back

Young Man on Red Stool with Painterly Rug, Antique Folk Art Painted Tintype girl drawing despite not much to otherwiseI've become very enamored with antique folk art painted tintypes, and this example embodies exactly why wonderfully strange, rather surreal, and feeling quite out of time and place. Especially great helmet like hair on this serious young man in black suit, who seems 3 dimensional against the flat gray painted ground (making me think of a fotocultura), but best of all the electric feeling red and black detailing on his chair, and the painterly red and