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icedgold10

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Folk Art on wood board
« on: October 11, 2013, 08:12:49 pm »
Got this today.  It is a painting of a girl with a flower on wood.  New hardware has been added.  Any thoughts about period?  17" x 11"
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Re: Folk Art on wood board
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2013, 04:05:49 am »
By the style of her dress..I,d say Puritan.....16th/17thcentury..New England Puritans were Calvinists...

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https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Puritan&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=OR5ZUoLqKMeY0QXH34HQBw&ved=0CGAQsAQ&biw=1198&bih=665&dpr=1
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Re: Folk Art on wood board
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2013, 06:00:48 am »
Perfect, I was trying to remember what that style was called.
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Re: Folk Art on wood board
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2013, 06:08:38 am »
Quote from: bigwull on October 12, 2013, 04:05:49 am
By the style of her dress..I,d say Puritan.....16th/17thcentury..New England Puritans were Calvinists...

That's the dress, not the painting, ..... right?
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Re: Folk Art on wood board
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2013, 06:10:24 am »
The painting doesn't look that old but the dress style is that look.
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