SOLD Spiderweb-like Old Hand Crocheted Doily in Excellent Palette folk art ladder a band teacher in Oklahoma

a band teacher in Oklahoma

as well as very sculptural

and made even better by the fabric framing her face

the tintype lies flat

SOLD Spiderweb-like Old Hand Crocheted Doily in Excellent Palette folk art ladder a band teacher in OklahomaI just love this and find it quite transcendent of its doily hood; I'd be inclined to frame it or pin it directly to a white wall to looks at it that way. To my eye evocative (especially this time of year) of a spiderweb, and capturing all of a spiderweb's delicacy and fineness. And with the precise feeling use of color making it seem almost as if depicting some sort of cellular structure or energy field. 9 3 4" d. Very good condition. C. 1920s 40s I