C. 1850 Hand-colored Queen of Clubs Transformation Card folk art carved Abe lincoln but the black

but the black

I find them all quite charming and happiness inducing

No way could I resist this large folk art pin cushion

and the handle makes a handy stand

C. 1850 Hand-colored Queen of Clubs Transformation Card folk art carved Abe lincoln but the blackI believe this queen of clubs was part of a transformation card deck, c. 1850s often the royal cards in these decks just featured figures, while it was the pips of the numbered cards that were transformed incorporated into images. What I find especially intruiging is that her arms, though I presume actually intended to read as crossed, appear to me as if cut off at the elbows and left as stumps, which thus makes her veil read all the more as if tears