Woman in Parlor Behind Beaded Curtain, 1909 British Cyanotype set of bowls The 510 page volume includes

The 510 page volume includes frontispiece

This lovely matte green glazed mission style vessel would be terrific as a planter or cachepot

some scuffs and stains

it feels both ancient and decidedly modern

which had been attacked by plague

Woman in Parlor Behind Beaded Curtain, 1909 British Cyanotype set of bowls The 510 page volume includesI am completely taken with this antique cyanotype formally, as well as in terms of all the information that is packed into it, and for the way our elusive subject is turned away from us and forever veiled behind her beaded screen, with this curtain splitting the image into two parts in a bit of a Baroque manner. And what a chock lot of patterns and styles going on, with a fantastic degree of detail to the portrait and plate on the corner shelf,