Antique Schoolgirl Colorful Double-sided Cut, Woven and Punched Paper Works - Sold Individually reserved sign The Smithsonian Museum of Art

The Smithsonian Museum of Art (among many other institutions including the American Folk Art Museum) has a terrific collection of his work

both culminating in this amazing old tramp art shrine

which I find simultaneously playful and poignant

mid to late 19th century

I often buy lotions and potions just for the great packaging

Antique Schoolgirl Colorful Double-sided Cut, Woven and Punched Paper Works - Sold Individually reserved sign The Smithsonian Museum of ArtSOLD: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6. Available: #7 I've been scooping up these antique schoolgirl cut paper samplers whenever I come across them, as I think they're just fantastically beautifully things. All of these pieces come from one sampler which had already come unbound by the time I got it done by an unknown individual, late 19th or very early 20th century. Each piece is double sided, and I have labeled each with a number then A + B, with the A + B