Pink House, Blue Sky, Old Folk Art Painting on Stone Slate Jhaalaam boots Great carved and pink painted

Great carved and pink painted face as well--which I especially like as it makes me think of the maker

is still in business

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

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

pure perfection

Pink House, Blue Sky, Old Folk Art Painting on Stone Slate Jhaalaam boots Great carved and pink paintedI 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