at the same time, what they had here is everything that poppa could produce. a very lush interior. we have the children wearing garments that are not only sunday best, but party best. the boy is in velvet. the girls are in satin. the mother is wearing a dress which we believe is probably from a paris salon. a great french couturier. to have that down meant you could travel to paris and you could afford the transatlantic trip. moreover, she is wearing these beautiful pearls around her neck. also around her wrist. at the time this was painted in the 1880's, this means they would have been natural pearls not cultured pearls. there were extraordinarily valuable. the japanese developed a method of culturing pearls. that meant anybody could afford them. not everyone could afford these here. the little girl is holding an ostrich feather fan, which is probably her mother's. again, another symbol of wealth. these were very expensive. this kind of search for fancy feathers from these most exotic birds was the reason why -- the audubon society was founded in 1905. behind, you have the lacquer