Peaches and Grapes, Antique Folk Art Oil on Board Painting old wooden signcle 8 13/16" wide and deep

8 13/16" wide and deep

she worked at the Hudson River Museum

Their super painterly surfaces appear to be thickly applied enamel

hand-drawn in black and yellow ink and mailed in 1907 from Halifax

Sound and sturdy

Peaches and Grapes, Antique Folk Art Oil on Board Painting old wooden signcle 8 13/16" wide and deepA nicely atmospheric old oil on board painting of a pair of dangling peaches and a bunch of grapes. The tall narrow shape of the board is somewhat unusual, and I must say the vertically oriented composition with strategically arranged hanging fruits makes me wonder whether this wasn't meant as a nod to a nude torso of a woman?! Maybe that's just me, or maybe it was subconscious or maybe it was a very deliberate visual metaphor! Whatever the case, I