Most Wonderful Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Carved Woman with Hand Wrapping Waist figure illustrations and really quite well carved

and really quite well carved

with wear to the wood and small dings here and there

perhaps it was a simple string or ribbon attached at the top sides

" as inscribed on the back of the photo

with one pen mark on the textile detailed in one of the photos and some wear to the dowel

Most Wonderful Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Carved Woman with Hand Wrapping Waist figure illustrations and really quite well carvedShe IS my favorite Brimfield find, purchased from a Pennsylvania based dealer, and I am pretty certain of Pennsylvania, probably around Lancaster county. Small in scale, which makes her feel all the more special, so tenderly and delicately carved, with marvelous features and details including very tiny waist! In addition to her humble, open face, and the arm bent at elbow to wrap her waist, I really really love the carving of her lower body, hips and