Fantastic Brazilian Folk Art Bathing Beauty small carving I immediately thought they'd be

I immediately thought they'd be right hung in the dining room

This is beautifully designed and very nicely crafted old handmade solitaire game board--engaging to play

which included a wonderful collection of mid-century and contemporary ceramics

embellished with small circular mirrors

) I like to think this is the box in which Nathaniel Hawthorne delivered the handwritten manuscript for "House of the Seven Gables" (based in Salem

Fantastic Brazilian Folk Art Bathing Beauty small carving I immediately thought they'd beI splurged on this bathing beauty as I just could not resist her, and won't mind a bit to hold on to her for a while, or forever! There's a layer of gold flecked varnish over her body, as if she's coated with sun tan oil and deeply bronzed, but not on her fabulously carved face, framed with this amazing sculptural mane that appears covered in gold leaf. The bottom of her golden bikini is carved, but the bandeau just painted on, as if she was conceived