and hand-painted with wonderful all-over maze-like geometric patterns
This early 20th century tramp art frame is as much a sculptural object as a functional one
Like a large folk carving of a woman reading I posted and immediately sold a few weeks ago
Deming is impressed on the rear side of the sculpture
They measure between 11 5/8" to 12" long
Plant Samples - Beans, and Corn, Real Photo Postcards, Early 20th C., Boston - Set 3 original illustrations and hand-painted with wonderful all-overI found together a total of eleven of these rppcs documenting the growth of beans, corn, peas and oats in various soils and combinations, and just love them as beautiful photographs, for their indexical nature, for the wonderful hand written labels on the planters, and for being, as far as I know, quite unusual. The fact that they were produced as postcards suggests they were made to be sent, but the backs are all blank, so perhaps they just served as