Sculptural Old Bentwood Willow Branch Child's Chair in Old Cream Over Red Paint carved busy I found this great old

I found this great old chip carved tramp art frame with a drawing dated 1840s inside of it (which I'm listing separately)

once had a handle and was used as a dipper--and given the imp/devil carved into it

And here it is especially the phrase that runs across the center that made me fall for it: "When my mother and father foresake me

I love a handmade ruler

Clearly it was made for a purpose

Sculptural Old Bentwood Willow Branch Child's Chair in Old Cream Over Red Paint carved busy I found this great oldNot too often that I buy something large than will fit in a 12" cubed box, but I could not resist this child's chair, which reads like pure sculpture to me and, with a flat, sturdy wooden seat, would be a nice one for hanging on the wall and using as a shelf, too (though it remains very usable as a chair.) Constructed of bentwood willow branches, early 20th century American, with creamy white over red paint, which shows through here and there in a