Willis Hutchinson 1883 Double-Sided Sketchbook Drawing: Kite, Animals, Tools, Apple antique French playing cards One of the things I

One of the things I really love about old wooden stools is that typically they've been put to hard use

and signed and dated on the back

With leather ears

and perfect on the counter or near the sink for holding rings or garlic or whatever--or fabulous on the table for olive pits--or caviar

which held matches

Willis Hutchinson 1883 Double-Sided Sketchbook Drawing: Kite, Animals, Tools, Apple antique French playing cards One of the things IThis double sided drawing came from the small sketchbook of a Willis Hutchinson, dated 1883 84 almost all the pages were already loose, so Im listing the drawings individually. These drawings are just my sort of thing, filled with people and houses and animals and ships and all sorts of other little things, from a croquet game to a pocket watch to a slingshot, plus many sorts of chairs and kites and a unicycle too! With pretty amazing attention detail