Laura's Rose, 19th C. Naive Graphite Drawing on Lined Paper bert black laquered paper mâché (such

black laquered paper mâché (such as that one finds antique snuff boxes made of) surface

in addition to several iterations of W

This little jewel of a bowl

with the instruction that on fair days the woman should be turned into the sun

balls 1 1/2" d

Laura's Rose, 19th C. Naive Graphite Drawing on Lined Paper bert black laquered paper mâché (suchThe Laura who signed this above the lower border does have a last name, but she wrote it with so many flourishes I find it very hard to read! She clearly liked her flourishes, seemingly adding them wherever she could, but I think she got the rose really right, with a nice wildness to the leaves furling in every direction, and a feeling of this rose as a very living thing, as if swarming with bumblebees! 8 1 8 x 5, overall good condition, with some