Elegant Dorset Chair, Mounted Photograph with Decorator's Notes hand-painted figure The painting and roughness of

The painting and roughness of the clay surface make it feel even older

with a tiny surface scrape to the figure's nose along with his knees

but it opens and closes with ease and provides lots of space for stashing all manner of things

the presumably sanded down remnants of each creating a hybrid that is its own special thing

but perhaps corresponds with the idea of some sort of thread or line

Elegant Dorset Chair, Mounted Photograph with Decorator's Notes hand-painted figure The painting and roughness ofThis just struck me as a lovely thing a handsome chair to begin with, but granted an added elegance and evocativeness via the nature and tonalities of the photograph. With handwritten notes along the bottom, noting the $60 price of the chair and its potential placement in sitting room or bedroom, I assume this was one of a series of furniture options presented to a client by an interior decorator. But, of course, to me it looks like the stage of a