Finely Dressed Young Woman at Piano, c. 1840s Folk Art Portrait in Original Burl Maple Frame code writing and demolished in 1947

and demolished in 1947

I believe this wool tapestry fragment is most likely French or Flemish

3" x 4 1/8" x 12 1/8"

Plenty of wear to the brown stain/paint on the hexagonal shaped stool as well (it looks almost slate blue in some photos but is brown)

just a face-off ofdueling energies

Finely Dressed Young Woman at Piano, c. 1840s Folk Art Portrait in Original Burl Maple Frame code writing and demolished in 1947Happily a lovely local shop owner friend messaged me when this lovely came in to her shop, knowing I would like it, and indeed I very much do. C. 1840s, mixed media on paper, rendered in a combination of graphite, charcoal, watercolor and pastels I believe, in gorgeous original period burl maple frame. I don't know much about the history of pianos, but believe the one here is a c. 1830s upright cabinet piano (often towering things, extending up to 7