Vintage Wooden New Wineskins Leather Gallery Handcrafted Leather-Lettered Sign vintage wash bin intact interior card stop mechanisms

intact interior card stop mechanisms

The exterior is finished in black enamel with gilt scrollwork and an eagle motif across the register face

stable patina

The fold-down front is missing two screws

Plastic storefront sign cover for light box

Vintage Wooden New Wineskins Leather Gallery Handcrafted Leather-Lettered Sign vintage wash bin intact interior card stop mechanismsPair of artisan storefront signs for New Wineskins Leather Gallery of Chicago, constructed from reclaimed timber planks with individual hand cut leather letters tacked into place. Each letter outlined in contrasting black and filled with weathered cream pigment is nailed and contoured to follow the grain of the wood, creating a tactile, three dimensional surface. The use of leather as the medium for both signage and material identity is a fitting,