french-school-18th-century-portrait-of-a-woman-sewing
Lot 442
French School (18th century), Portrait of a Woman Sewing
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, the woman depicted half-length, seated in a ladder back chair with stenciled or inlaid decoration, her hair powdered and styled high with a ribbon ornament, presented in a later gilt frame.

DOA 33.5 x 28 in.

From the Collection of Mr. Samuel E. Rankin, Gastonia, North Carolina

Some abrading to surface; scattered re-touch visible under UV light; alligatored surface; yellowing varnish; some chipping and rubbing to frame.