Marvelous Antique French Ironwork Madonna make do game or a self portrait

or a self portrait

and what a lot of effort they alone took

and a rope tail

quintessentially Tlingit geometric patterns remaining pretty well in tact

Darker blue and brown horizontal striations bring your eye up toward the lip and whatever bloom it might display

Marvelous Antique French Ironwork Madonna make do game or a self portraitThis holy beauty I know is French, 19th c at the youngest but I think perhaps a good bit older than that. The level of relief and detail on this madonna is pretty spectacular, from her serene face to her hair and exquisite drapery, to her one tiny foot peeking out below. And then these four lovely fat roses surrounding her like a partial halo. Pretty fantastic. Definitely this was cut from something larger, either a cross or some sort of trellisa