Uncommon Old Sleeve Stretcher with Graceful Lines and Warm Patina early Scheier pottery and the flourish on the

and the flourish on the top of his hat

is the inclusion of an Anima Sola

I think it maybe once was attached to a base

Wonderfully weird

Uncommon Old Sleeve Stretcher with Graceful Lines and Warm Patina early Scheier pottery and the flourish on theThis feels to me akin to Shaker sweater stretchers and the mitten stretchers I listed last week too; this one with a strong tension to the hinged metal strips held between gracefully arching and tapering pieces of pine, which would be inserted inside a sleeve and then released to pull it taut. And it's one that feels like a graceful three dimensional line drawing to me, and with a terrific warm, dry wood patina to the pine, too. 22 1 2" l x 10" w