Pink House, Blue Sky, Old Folk Art Painting on Stone Slate Jhaalaam boots It would once have fit

It would once have fit onto a long handle at the end

and the paper label a bit brittle (with a tear down the back

I believe this three panel Brainerd and Armstrong thread sample folio--showing the "best selling shades" of knitting silk--dates to right around 1900

pure perfection

Pink House, Blue Sky, Old Folk Art Painting on Stone Slate Jhaalaam boots It would once have fitI imagine he slate on which this pink house and winter landscape was painted was salvaged from an antique school slate the frame of which fell apart. Whatever the case, I like it as much as any slate painting I've seen, cozy feeling and also with a real brightness (I'd say radiance, really) to this pink house against white snowy ground and blue sky. I especially love that little line of black crosses for the fence in the distance to the right of the