Champion Quince, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog filene's basement Both hand-colored

Both hand-colored

and what great hats and dresses

but I think still has a hundred years on it at least

with its age and the care taken in the individual paper cuttings quite palpable

Champion Quince, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog filene's basement Both hand-coloredA radiant Champion Quince, glowing like sunshine. I've handled a few examples (of apples and peaches and pears) of this type before this would have been one page in a salesman sample type horticultural specimen catalogue (unbound, but held together in a large folio case). This is not a lithograph rather, the quince here was rendered in a manner akin to a theorem watercolor, using multiple, hand cut stencils and meticulously applied layers of