Blue Bird! Charming 19th Century Cutout Ink Drawing in Terrific Primitive Period Frame Chinese decor and the petrified wood base

and the petrified wood base (the absolute perfect base) definitely points to shorebird

especially one with this wonderful arrow at the end of its tail

and that even with mouths open and tongues bared these dogs seem positively regal

but might continue to happen a bit and there are a few stray white marks here and there

With a cool sort of a marble patterned printed paper lining the floor

Blue Bird! Charming 19th Century Cutout Ink Drawing in Terrific Primitive Period Frame Chinese decor and the petrified wood basePure joy. The marvelous, densely pen and blue ink decorated bird here is a cutout drawing, mid 19th c. I believe, purchased from a favorite Pennsylvania based dealer, and the wonderful c. mid 19th century black stained painted primitive frame with hand cut glass is one I found in New Hampshire and had waiting for the perfect thing, which I think the bird is! I mounted the cutout drawing to a piece of cream colored archival mat via one piece of