"Morn by Wood" Antique Folk Art Carved Book on Starry Panel boy-dog Nearly 200 years old

Nearly 200 years old

This piece is emblematic of his work--beautifully crafted

I really might instead turn it upside down and build an alter around this one

well done and only noticeable if looking for it

and I believe is stuffed with cotton batting

"Morn by Wood" Antique Folk Art Carved Book on Starry Panel boy-dog Nearly 200 years oldI love carved books of all sorts, and this one, found in Pennsylvania, is both beautiful and curious. Into the spine is carved "Morn by Wood", the "Wood" I have to think a playful reference to the material from which the book was carved. And then on the face of it garlands and stars carved all around the title, highlighted in gold paint , as are the edges of the pages, and feeling about as optimistic as the coming dawn, while at the same time perhaps