19th C. Large School Slate with Jointed Corners carpet tacks box really) of my favorite recent

really) of my favorite recent Brimfield finds--I could photograph these two all day

sewn of cotton fabric and stuffed with cloth it seems

I'd drink tea

Italian engineer and architect Pier Nervi

very old thing

19th C. Large School Slate with Jointed Corners carpet tacks box really) of my favorite recentA beautiful old school slate because I can never resist a beautiful old school slate! Gorgeous patina to the wood of frame, carved wooden pegs at the jointed corners, traces of old writing across the surface of the slate, equally lovely from both sides, and with plenty of years left in it should one with to hang it in the kitchen, say, to write " to do's" or the groceries list on. With holes at the center of short sides for threading with a string to