ABC WXZ 1904, Densely Doodled Old Wooden Drawing/Drafting Board round headed brush Some lost decorative perimeter yarn

Some lost decorative perimeter yarn  stitches as evident

Hand-marbled paper covers are one thing

which feels very very much like winter in my neck of the woods—where I am always feeling for the horses (and cows

This painting is dated 184_

because I can't get enough of these and think they're a great thing to collect

ABC WXZ 1904, Densely Doodled Old Wooden Drawing/Drafting Board round headed brush Some lost decorative perimeter yarnThis is an antique student drawing drafting board, similar to those produced by Milton Bradley in the late 1800s. (I've bought and sold a few, which also came with a t square and drafting angles, likely the case here, with a couple of wooden bits mounted to the reverse that would have held them in place.). Of course the beauty of this is the life it has lead, the entire surface covered with ink and graphite drawn doodles a dense field populated with