Serious Young Woman in Front of Linsey Woolsey Textile, Antique RPPC antique tin kangaroo 10 3/4" with handle

10 3/4" with handle

I would guess it dates to the 1940s or 50s

I'm a sucker for a great looking flask

There's a stain over the "t" in what

"Dear Father

Serious Young Woman in Front of Linsey Woolsey Textile, Antique RPPC antique tin kangaroo 10 3/4" with handleThis is one of my new favorite photographic portraits ever, including for the fact that this young woman keeps reminding me of a young Chloe Sevigny, which makes me think of the subject here, in her white dress, white stockings, big bow, and unsmiling expression, as something of a style icon too. But the framing is also a big part of what makes it great, with a checkerboard patterned linsey woolsey weaving stretched behind her almost like an op art