C. 1940s-50s Oil on Canvas Painting of Young Woman in Yellow Mending deck of cards but I think these just

but I think these just add to its ambiance

their faces veiled (I assume these women are nuns)

and learned that they were a bit of a thing during the Victorian era--some plain like this one

and if this Native American warrior were facing the opposite direction I'd think they were about to face off

This box is in great condition

C. 1940s-50s Oil on Canvas Painting of Young Woman in Yellow Mending deck of cards but I think these justNot really my usual style, but when I came across this painting in Maine yesterday it would not let me go. To me, it has a bit of a WPA feeling about it, and this lovely, rosy cheeked young woman seems to me quietly heroic, looking as if perhaps a few months pregnant and mending (I assume) what looks more like a sheet or blanket than a shirt, and so feels somehow more hopeful and future oriented than a mundane daily chore. (And or perhaps the wear to