Great Expectations - Miss Havisham's dressing table

What would Miss Havisham's dressing table look like? For those not

familiar with the Charles Dickens' story, Miss Havisham is one of the

central characters in Great Expectations. Jilted on her wedding day

some thirty years before, she had remained in her wedding dress, and

ordered that everything in her mansion be left untouched from that day

froward. This image is my re-creation of what her dressing table may

have looked like. I have tried to convey a sense of decay - a dressing

table frozen in, but inevitably ravaged by, time.

Lovely shot, great composition and mood.

Regards.

The pearls seem the only thing to have escaped the spider notice. Judging from their sheen even the dust seems careless. For the rest it's really a nice work.

Well done and nicely created. Thank you for reminding us of the great classic work.The composition works very well and you do get a strong emotional feeling from the image. Did you hire the spiders special to create yoyur cobwebs. Looks likwe a show winning image to me.

Thanks for your comments, Jack, Roberto & Charles. I will take your suggestions in mind about the pearls Roberto. As this was set up on my dressing table Charles, I think you know I used fake cobwebs :)

Excellent concept and nearly perfect execution.  As Robert noted only a few surfaces might benefit from a bit of aging - particularly shiny upward facing surfaces including the lower ledge of the clock, etc., which would be likely to accumulate a bit of dust.  Minor nits, however.

Thank you so much for your kind comments Lex. You are correct of course about the upward facing surfaces. I have done some work on the pearls, but will now look at that aspect too. Much appreciated, Anthea