By now you may have noticed that Timebinder has relatively few images that are run-of-the-mill; even if they fit into a genre represented by hundreds of thousands of a type, there will be something that sets it apart. Count on it.
This little lady takes a positive stance, hand on hip, a handkerchief, dressed in velvet with puffed sleeves and crushed collar in another fabric, nice lace at the cuff, but a simple gathered waist instead of a belt. But it's the pose and the expression and the strange panels behind her ... and the mystery of what her legs and feet would have revealed about her personality had the photographer taken it differently! Oh, I would give something to know – but I can imagine and it makes me smile.
Turn of the century, I think.