In the Ring, Beautiful WW2 Boxing Photo #2 carved elements 12 7/8" x 12 1/8"

12 7/8" x 12 1/8"

Definitely among my favorite pieces of doll-scale furniture I've found--I just love the lines on this rocker

with creamy white and black seeds dotting it

wonderfully painterly and sculptural both

Every inch of it shows the keen commitment of the "Simms" who signed it (in 1953) to capture every detail of the scene

In the Ring, Beautiful WW2 Boxing Photo #2 carved elements 12 7/8" x 12 1/8"I have a weakness for old photos of boxers, and even more so of boxing matches themselves the most brutal of sports, but also the most elemental; an intimate, acutely focused sort of call and response dance. This is one of two photos found together, each capturing a moment from a different match, between navy sailors, WW2, I believe. Captured in motion from the perfect perspective to show the wrists of the two boxers crossing as an impending punch is