Don Pratt's Art Folio, Sheridan Junior High, 1938-39 wood handle with two different types of

with two different types of green glass for windows (the lower windows a textured avocado green

which picture a handful but not all pages

A little toning and smudging on the paper

Metallic thread was quite the rage among the wealthy during this period--a way to display luxury and status--and was incorporated into the weaving process of tapestries

but also a great silhouette and pop of color for the shelf

Don Pratt's Art Folio, Sheridan Junior High, 1938-39 wood handle with two different types ofI can never leave folios of school drawings like this behind even as some of the exercises featured have become familiar to me from having handled a number of them, each remains very much its own special thing. This one was the work of a Don Pratt at Sheridan Junior High, 1938 39; I found it in Maine, but I only turn up references to a Sheridan Junior High in Sheridan, Wyoming, so maybe it had already travelled quite a ways to arrive in my hands.