Coming and Going: Old Double Handled Door Piece early penmanship notebook causing the paper ultimately to

causing the paper ultimately to split

Early 20th century

I believe it is an old saddle maker’s vise —it would have been attached to a bench with a lever below

Easy to pin or stitch a new ribbon or hanger on the back

I believe dominoes rivals cribbage as the perfect cocktail hour game

Coming and Going: Old Double Handled Door Piece early penmanship notebook causing the paper ultimately toOne more found object for the week, which I find hugely satisfying for some reason, I think as a wonderfully succinct distillation of ideas of coming and going and crossing thresholds, with a spring stretching down one side of it for some added tension! The turned nobs themselves are beautiful too, one extending further than the other as if gesturing forward (or backward) with extra determination. I would hang this on the wall just as I've documented