Antique Schoolgirl Colorful Cut and Woven Paper Works - Sold Individually counter bell I don't really know a

I don't really know a thing about the origins of this carved and painted figure

original to vessel

which I purchased at the estate sale of an avid art collector in Kansas City

but I find her an incredibly tender thing

To me it's like a three-dimensional drawing

Antique Schoolgirl Colorful Cut and Woven Paper Works - Sold Individually counter bell I don't really know aSeveral months ago I had an immediately sold an album of paper weavings like this, and have been hunting for more ever since, so was very happy to find a group of five of them this weekend in New Hampshire. Very happily, all signed and dated on the backs, by two sisters I would guess, Anna and Katie Intemann, 1898 1900. Collector Jim Lindeman posted a few examples of woven paper works similar to the ones in this notebook on his blog, "Dull Tool Dim