Lovingly Crafted Antique Miniature (11 3/4") Ladder Back Chair with Woven Seat hand-sculpted clay including a hand-written birthday poem

including a hand-written birthday poem (which demystifies the object the two ladies are facing

including of other better shop students than I completing the knife boxes and tie racks and bird houses and foot stools represented in these plans

The Andersen Studio has a long history as a pioneer ceramic design and slip casting studio producing functional and decorative objects

A few months ago I found a wonderful Japanese cat hand-puppet (which immediately sold) that was clearly made by the same maker as this terrific clown

and I think this one may be my very favorite that I have found--pure

Lovingly Crafted Antique Miniature (11 3/4") Ladder Back Chair with Woven Seat hand-sculpted clay including a hand-written birthday poemDefinitely one of the loveliest pieces of miniature folk art furniture I've had, and quite an old one I believe, reminiscent of the iconic 17th c. American "Carver" chair and, at nearly a foot tall, with quite a presence even at tabletop scale. Found in southern Maine, I am sure New England in origin lovingly constructed with mortise and tenon joinery, woven seat, and these wonderfully carved finials with tiny points at the ends. In old black paint,