Marvelous Small Portrait of Woman in Dutch Fresian "Ear Iron"Headdress, 19th Century Watercolor Portrait on Laid water trees animals surely by the same maker

surely by the same maker

The back of this striking rug marvelously tells the story of its making--an intense storm of yarns of every color knotted and hanging loose after having been woven to form the dense patterns on the opposite side

which he could proverbially water when lifted

composed of felt and silk and what appears to be leather for the eyes and marvelous nose

Marvelous Small Portrait of Woman in Dutch Fresian "Ear Iron"Headdress, 19th Century Watercolor Portrait on Laid water trees animals surely by the same makerLOVE. I believe this watercolor and its subject are Dutch, and believe she is wearing a traditional Fresian (of Friesland, in the northernmost part of Holland) "ear iron" headdress, consisting of a wide band of metal fitting around the back of the head with ornaments at the temples. The shape and style of the ornaments made of gold, silver or brass, and worn with a lace bonnet were indicative of a Fresian woman's status, their husband's or son's