Absence/Presence: Scratched Out Negative Cabinet Card Obfuscating Figure mid-century candleholders Drawers are 8 1/2" deep

Drawers are 8 1/2" deep inside

and a few bumps in the glaze original to its making

Box measures 5 1/8" x 2 1/8" x 1 13/16" t

both dating to the mid-19th c I believe

lovingly made and one feels once an important object in the life of a home and family

Absence/Presence: Scratched Out Negative Cabinet Card Obfuscating Figure mid-century candleholders Drawers are 8 1/2" deepI've seen a number of old photos at this point with subjects cut out or scratched out or otherwise omitted, which are always interesting and invite the invention of a story but this cabinet card is just about my favorite I've ever seen, with the very committed scratching out of one of the six figures done on the negative before printing the positive. I love the intensive markmaking itself, and the way it first reads as if the very long hair of a woman