Men at Baths, Antique Persian/Ottomon Manuscript Painting with Fantastic Color and Pattern Detail tins literally threading the picture together

literally threading the picture together

with the silk still held very taut all the way around

as accurately documented in photos

made for brushing the rim of a hat

I purchased this painting by Lois Gross Smiley (1925-2018) out of the studio of her estate in Wellesley

Men at Baths, Antique Persian/Ottomon Manuscript Painting with Fantastic Color and Pattern Detail tins literally threading the picture togetherI love a miniature manuscript painting those lush gouaches do it for me every time and a hot bath too, so what delight to find this one this week at a favorite treasure trove in New Hampshire. And what better vehicle for delivering the pure joys of color and pattern than rendering a variety of Middle Eastern ceramic tiles covering every surface here and framing the view, too and then yet more marvelous pattern for the water itself, in which two of the