Young Man on Red Stool with Painterly Rug, Antique Folk Art Painted Tintype girl drawing I do resist most

I do resist most

and that the carving is American

Stands sturdy and all drawers open and close

I purchased this piece online and wasn't entirely sure of it

Young Man on Red Stool with Painterly Rug, Antique Folk Art Painted Tintype girl drawing I do resist mostI've become very enamored with antique folk art painted tintypes, and this example embodies exactly why wonderfully strange, rather surreal, and feeling quite out of time and place. Especially great helmet like hair on this serious young man in black suit, who seems 3 dimensional against the flat gray painted ground (making me think of a fotocultura), but best of all the electric feeling red and black detailing on his chair, and the painterly red and