Bright Eyed Child in Chair with Patterned Rug and Wallpaper, Beautiful Antique Mounted Photo scoop The faces remind me of

The faces remind me of the work of Howard Finster--I think it's the noses turning into eye brows

akin to a whimsy as well as to an interlocking wooden puzzle

And even better than it have a pinkish-peachy stripe all the way down its back

The door to the cage opens

and maybe once part of a whirligig

Bright Eyed Child in Chair with Patterned Rug and Wallpaper, Beautiful Antique Mounted Photo scoop The faces remind me ofA wonderful photograph, with a terrific play of patterns and geometries all turned askew due to angle of the camera, but which framed a straight line across the bottom edge of this child's hat rim! Very rich tonally, dense with detail, very intimate feeling, and what a beautiful child. 5 1 4" x 4 1 4" overall and in good antique condition, c. 1900 or so I believe.