Spirit Like Gypsy Woman with Tambourine, Super Atmospheric Old RPPC needlepoint sampler specifically the antique hand-painted ones

specifically the antique hand-painted ones

And then also just the evocativeness of the word "gilt

and other times it takes me a little while to realize their greatness

or was the caption added later

but holding on nicely to the rest of it

Spirit Like Gypsy Woman with Tambourine, Super Atmospheric Old RPPC needlepoint sampler specifically the antique hand-painted onesThe perfect companion to the fortune teller's cards I just listed I'd say, and with an equivalent sort of magical aura to me this almost has the feeling of a spirit photo, and I'm rather obsessed with it. Between the soft focus of the image, the sparkles of her dress, and her eyes turned up as if in a trance, she feels quite as if a vision from another plane! I also always love a make shift backdrop, here with the right edge fringe of the blanket hung