Electric Feeling 19th Century Tinsel Painting with Floating Watermelon and Knife, Original Frame inuit bird so my attraction to this

so my attraction to this is as an object--though of course it could be reanimated with new mechanics and set to work keeping time again

with the leather sewn to either edge

) For me the all over craquelure makes this lovely young woman feel extra moody and the image all the more an object-- hovering in between the worlds of past and present

The door holds closed just fine but not quite flush to the frame due to slight warping of the wood with age

Electric Feeling 19th Century Tinsel Painting with Floating Watermelon and Knife, Original Frame inuit bird so my attraction to thisI don't very often go for a tinsel painting, often a bit too garish for me though their existence as an artform makes me really happy but I was all in at first sight with this one, found in New Hampshire, with the watermelon perched on top, and that knife floating above it as if levitating, really doing it for me! Terrific down to every detail I think , from the bright yellow footed bowl with red painted details (all the painting is reverse glass