Wonderful Antique Folk Art Reverse Glass Painting of Flowers saltillo textile This charming little silhouette carving

This charming little silhouette carving of a Victorian-style ladies' boot stands up proudly on its own

Plus an introduction that tells the history of La Florida—located on a “glorious corner of Havana” previously occupied by “The Silver Pine” and now transformed into “a refuge of Art and Poetry”

This wonderful monkey came from the estate of the late Chicago-based collector and arts patron Ruth Horwich

) The whole thing fits perfectly over one's head and face

Wonderful Antique Folk Art Reverse Glass Painting of Flowers saltillo textile This charming little silhouette carvingI LOVE this naive reverse glass painting of flowers, which verges into the realm of total abstraction, and also, for me at least, evokes a cluster of seaweeds and corals as much as it does a floral arrangement. I know that reverse glass painting was taught to young women in the first half of the 19th century and then became widely popular as a decorative art from about 1850 to 1890; I am not certain the date on this one, but 19th century for sure. And