At the Piano — Alfred Stevens | Striped Dress Postcard

A young woman in a striped blue-and-black bustle dress with a white lace collar stands at an upright piano, one hand poised to strike a note from the open sheet music before her. A lit candelabra throws warm light across the keys, while a framed landscape and a decorative tapestry panel fill the wall behind, and a red upholstered stool waits, momentarily forgotten. The scene captures a private, unhurried moment of music-making rather than a performance — the kind of domestic interior Stevens returned to again and again.

The striped fabric and candlelit detail show his skill with texture and interior atmosphere at their most refined. This card is part of the full Alfred Stevens postcard collection at Zolota Ptakha, printed at 10×15 cm on 350 g/m² cardstock — a graceful choice for music lovers, collectors, and letter writers.