Lot of Old Quilter's Templates, One Signed, Dated 1889 tramp art heart box It's big and chunky--16 1/4"

It's big and chunky--16  1/4" inches long when stretched out and 1 5/8 inches wide and deep --and the ball makes a nice rattle in its cage when shaken

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Were gone like a drifting smoke

Just the right sort of attitude

which had been attacked by plague

Lot of Old Quilter's Templates, One Signed, Dated 1889 tramp art heart box It's big and chunky--16 1/4"Found in Maine, these are old hand cut cardboard stencils or templates, which would have been used for cutting pieces of fabric to be incorporated into quilts. The lovely blue leaf shape, signed on reverse (Catharine Hunsecker) and dated 1889, is clearly the oldest among them, more aged and worn than the others. I think the longest chain like one is particularly satisfying, too. Longest (with center fold): 14 5 8" l; blue leaf: 9 7 8" l. All pictured