Emma Dilmore's Marvelous Bird and Girl and Flowers in Great Antique Lemon Gold Frame old kitchen tool The original tissue/tracing paper facing

The original tissue/tracing paper facing each page is still mostly in place

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I've had a few home-sewn Humpty Dumpty over the years

This hand-painted Chinese jewelry box just makes me happy

hitched quirts and other functional pieces were also produced in penitentiary craft programs throughout the western United States

Emma Dilmore's Marvelous Bird and Girl and Flowers in Great Antique Lemon Gold Frame old kitchen tool The original tissue/tracing paper facingThis is one of several c. 1890s drawings by a brilliant young Emma Dilmore that I purchased from a seller near Kansas City, MO and just exactly the sort of watercolor drawing I am forever searching for. Double sided (reverse shown) but I think this purple crested, orange breasted bird floating in the air above two colorfully blooming plants wins, and gave it special treatment by placing it in a really lovely recently purchased 19th century lemon gold