REST, W.H. Swan, Ludlow Vermont c. 1880s Funerary Memorial Cabinet Card mushroom sculpture Full of life on every

Full of life on every jam packed page

under glass in a simple black stained period frame

I don't even know how to describe it but it's incredible

Oil on board I believe

with plenty of wear to both the paint and wood of the wheels

REST, W.H. Swan, Ludlow Vermont c. 1880s Funerary Memorial Cabinet Card mushroom sculpture Full of life on everyPerhaps in part because I was really tired when I found it, this one completely spoke to me! One does see a fair number of cabinet cards and stereoviews of funerary flower arrangements, but I think this is really a wonderful example, and rather a transcendent one too whatever the configuration of stand and pillow the memorial arrangement was set upon looks very much like a rocking chair to me, with the portrait mounted just at the spot where one might