Red and Blue Calico Sampler of a Antique Quilt, 81 inches Square small carved box which rather matches the swirls

which rather matches the swirls of his hair

I especially love the girl in brown with red fringe

There’s barely a centimeter of this antique toy slingshot that wasn’t decorated with hand-carved designs: leafy vines all over

and it is structurally in great shape

I purchased this old brass boot at an estate sale at the family home of the former Plant Engineer at The United Shoe Machinery Company in Beverly

Red and Blue Calico Sampler of a Antique Quilt, 81 inches Square small carved box which rather matches the swirlsI pretty much never buy quilts to sell, in significant part because I am not well equipped to photograph them, but I found this one at an antiques shop in Nashville and just could not walk away from it. (I actually did, once, then went back the next day for it; it kept calling to me! And I would very glad to keep this one for myself) I am forever drawn to antique calicos, indigos especially, and this feels to me like quilt that is also as pure a