Wonderful Antique Folk Art Reverse Glass Painting of Flowers saltillo textile And quite a wonderful job

And quite a wonderful job he did

Plus an introduction that tells the history of La Florida—located on a “glorious corner of Havana” previously occupied by “The Silver Pine” and now transformed into “a refuge of Art and Poetry”

This charming little silhouette carving of a Victorian-style ladies' boot stands up proudly on its own

and like a drawing in space--very sweet and certainly one of a kind

) The whole thing fits perfectly over one's head and face

Wonderful Antique Folk Art Reverse Glass Painting of Flowers saltillo textile And quite a wonderful jobI LOVE this naive reverse glass painting of flowers, which verges into the realm of total abstraction, and also, for me at least, evokes a cluster of seaweeds and corals as much as it does a floral arrangement. I know that reverse glass painting was taught to young women in the first half of the 19th century and then became widely popular as a decorative art from about 1850 to 1890; I am not certain the date on this one, but 19th century for sure. And