SOLD (RT) Amazing Antique Child's Album of Paper Weavings, Paper Foldings, and Sewn Drawings wabanaki sewing basket and then to be burned

and then to be burned in celebration of the end of a diet

white in spots and a little darker on noses and ears

each cleverly titled and each featuring a very singular character or characters

I could not resist bringing this piece into my care

I like to imagine that these fabulous heavy

SOLD (RT) Amazing Antique Child's Album of Paper Weavings, Paper Foldings, and Sewn Drawings wabanaki sewing basket and then to be burnedThis very special thing is another at the top of my list for all time favorite finds. Pristinely preserved, it is the album of a Jennie Rumbold, dating to the 1890s or so, filled front to back with striking cut paper works, folded paper works, and yarn drawings, which were exercises taught to young school girls (in kindergarten!) at the time. Based on quality of the handwriting on the front of the notebook it seems possible that this could be the