C. 1850 Hand-colored Queen of Clubs Transformation Card folk carvings which I believe is an

which I believe is an edition # of sorts

really a study in mending

the double-sided cat constructed of what look to be four layers of wood

and then blue dabs on white for the sea it sails upon

with gold also used for the reeds and grasses at her feet

C. 1850 Hand-colored Queen of Clubs Transformation Card folk carvings which I believe is anI 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