Winsome Antique Cabinet Card with Hand-tinted Flowers painted wooden figures signed Adams on the underside

signed Adams on the underside of the base

mounted to a black piece of card via five carefully laid horizontal strips of scotch tape

10 1/2" l x 5" widest x 1 1/2" tallest

4 1/2” t x 2 1/4” w x 3 7/8” d

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Winsome Antique Cabinet Card with Hand-tinted Flowers painted wooden figures signed Adams on the undersideSuch a winsome feeling one; whether wedding flowers or mourning flowers I do not know, but I sure love the slightly frayed ribbon that holds them together, with their thorny cut stems splayed below it. And the pale pink and pale yellow hand tinting has the effect of seeming as if longing to revivify them but instead casting them further into the past. Formally and associatively quite a delicate feeling thing. 6 1 2" x 4 1 4" and in good condition,