Martha with a New Frock, Hand-colored 1830s B. Brammel Engraving, Philadelphia, in Beautiful Period Gilded Frame iron door knocker or where the family that

or where the family that owned it came from

This is a beautiful antique Makah/Nootka Northwest Coast Native American open rim basket woven of bear grass and cedar bark

Love at first sight with this one--I made an immediate beeline for her at the Rhinebeck show

and so graphic and modern feeling

Martha with a New Frock, Hand-colored 1830s B. Brammel Engraving, Philadelphia, in Beautiful Period Gilded Frame iron door knocker or where the family thatA few months ago I purchased my first B. Brammel hand colored engraving (Benjamin Bramell, American, 1794 1851), that one picturing "Helen and Her Rose" and it, like this one, in a wonderful period frame. I'm now officially a fan, including for the way in which the prints feel as if centering the interior lives of these young women, here absolutely making me feel how pleased and proud our dear Martha felt in her pretty new frock. And this one