Marvelous Double Sided Antique PA Folk Art Box with Inlaid Horses folk art pin ups A bit of shedding to

A bit of shedding to the leather of the spine

and I love the combination of  indexical/systematic and eccentric/poetic

This is by far the best example I've found

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She's been knocked around a bit

Marvelous Double Sided Antique PA Folk Art Box with Inlaid Horses folk art pin ups A bit of shedding toAmong my very favorite PA finds, and among my favorite finds ever just look at these horses! So specifically and lovingly rendered in inlaid wood, with finely incised lines for their manes I have to think these were two much loved particular horses, and that the box was made, perhaps by a husband for his wife, who loved these horses very much. (They also feel a bit like human surrogates, making a very handsome couple.) I'm not sure if the relatively