Wonderful Painted Folk Art Carving of Woman in Brown Dress carved painted Definitely it is quite old

Definitely it is quite old

the artboard on which it was painted was at some point covered on the backside with a sort of adhesive vinyl

on its own

which I believe dates to sometime between 1900-1920s

to whom this hand-painted one

Wonderful Painted Folk Art Carving of Woman in Brown Dress carved painted Definitely it is quite oldSo many wonderful things in the world that people have felt compelled, for one reason or another, to create, and which arrive to us now like gifts from the past, feeling like old friends. This woman sure felt like to me that when I spotted her from a distance, calling loudly to be found! And how much I love her, with these great broad shoulders and black eyes, seeming sturdy and stoic despite her lost toes (and part of one arm) but also looking