REST, W.H. Swan, Ludlow Vermont c. 1880s Funerary Memorial Cabinet Card mushroom sculpture I don't even know how

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

but I've not been able to get it to engage

Pear measures 3 5/8" T X 2 3/4" w

(I might think this drawing were a bit older than that

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 I don't even know howPerhaps 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