Fantastic Old Folk Art Oil Cloth Black Cat with Whiskers and Trousers interdisciplinary book tightly knotted at their necks

tightly knotted at their necks

Once an "attack" has begun to extract one piece

head and two paws raised as if begging you for a treat

I've kept an eye out for one--I think they are really evocative objects

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Fantastic Old Folk Art Oil Cloth Black Cat with Whiskers and Trousers interdisciplinary book tightly knotted at their necksQuite a cat, hand sewn of oil cloth I think at least a hundred years ago, and surely one of a kind. The terrific pink, heart shaped stitched on nose and mouth are sewn on with the same loop type stitching as used to hold the cat together, and then these fantastic hanging whiskers on either side, some still tipped in yellow paint. Plus red linen trousers held up with buttoned straps. The green sparkly center of one of the beaded eyes is gone and he is