Ethereal Early 20th Century Watercolor of Lake Vanern, Sweden brass claw feet bookends with intricate

with intricate

often in the form of “whitework” - white thread on white cotton

I've now learned that frogs carved from Chinaberry roots are a thing

circa 1920s

Through 300+ black and white photographs

Ethereal Early 20th Century Watercolor of Lake Vanern, Sweden brass claw feet bookends with intricateI first wanted to describe this small watercolor as serene, but there are enough clouds in that sky to suggest some weather coming or going, and a bit of moodiness to those quiet purples and grays maybe ethereal is a better word, and certainly very lovely. What I know is that this came from a collection of watercolors mostly of water by a young woman of means that included views captured in Italian Lakes, French Cote d'Azur, Germany, Denmark, and