Antique Pen and Ink Drawing of Tennis Player Woman anniversary present it takes a pretty striking

it takes a pretty striking piece of mcm pottery to get me excited at this point

written directly on the card

which is attached to the sides and bottom with a bunch of what look like hand-forged brass nails

which just pops (though the polka dotted ends of her obi are pretty great too

to give pride of place

Antique Pen and Ink Drawing of Tennis Player Woman anniversary present it takes a pretty strikingThis early 20th century ink drawing of a woman in her tennis playing outfit looking poised for a match just makes me happy, making me think of tennis, and sport more generally, as (in some ways at least) a realm of freedom and liberation. And, indeed, over the course of the past century plus, tennis has provided a field for that (literally) perhaps more than any other sport. And so I, who likes to map meaning onto everything, see, in this serene but