Perfect Gem: 19th Century Cut and Folded Two Tone Paper Diamond sailor made spoon shuttlecock

shuttlecock

and it just completely leapt out to me

a 19th-century toy maker and inventor who worked in Pennsylvania and New York

and flat on the back so easy to set or prop anywhere

The first several page spreads are colored in crayon

Perfect Gem: 19th Century Cut and Folded Two Tone Paper Diamond sailor made spoon shuttlecockI am always delighted to find a 19th century cut paper form (akin to woven paper hearts) and this one as lovely as any I've seen. And what a perfect example of something magical feeling created through simple means a series of linear cuts allowing the sides to fold out, creating a wonderful play between the gold of the paper on one side, the cream on the other, and the negative space. Perfection. (And examples like this also feel very much as if