Girl with Spools Antique Painting on School Slate vintage Japanese toy with no flaws or aging

with no flaws or aging to the paper that I can see

Paper size is 20 x 16 1/2"

made in six pieces

As far as beautiful wooden toys that have become icons of modern design

I found this at the estate sale of an artist and longtime art professor in Worchester

Girl with Spools Antique Painting on School Slate vintage Japanese toy with no flaws or agingI thought this sweet little painting Victorian era, I'd think on an old school slate would make a great gift for an emerging seamstress, or anyone handy with a needle and thread, really. I love how the spool to her left appears to be falling from the sky, like a shooting star, and she reminds me of a waif from Dickens or the like, with this moment signaling her destiny yet to unfold! All of this is made even better by the old gold paint on the wood