A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Lady c.1780-90 antiques though the rust top is

though the rust top is still of very good age with bitumen to the whole

and with much of the original paintwork flaked back with some remaining to the masks

were favoured in this later period of Regency design emphasising the gay informality of the new taste rather than the opulent and rich pieces made earlier

The Chinese also talk about strings or flags being used to read wind direction in writings dated to the 2nd Century B

A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Lady c.1780-90 antiques though the rust top isOrigin: French Period: Louis XVI Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1780 90 Height: 23. 25 Width: 19 The beautiful half length portrait in rectangular form of a French lady, painted in oils on canvas and unframed, wearing a beautiful lace and flowered headdress, pouffed lace neckdress, to a stole laden satin dress, her soft face looking out to the viewer with beautifully rendered blue eyes, her curly locked hair billowing from beneath the lace, the work