It all feels a bit first day of school or Christmas morning to me
I'd line them up on a shelf or throw them in a bowl and just enjoy looking at them
I believe these were made in expectation of woven rope seats being added
Wonderfully earnest and clearly invested with love
I found these wonderful old hand-painted letters in the stables of a huge old horse farm in Marlborough MA
Lovely Early 19th Century Watercolor Portrait of Blue Eyed Black Haired Man hanging plaques It all feels a bitAn early one, c. 1820s 30s or so I believe, and I think quite a lovely one, especially for the combination of his jet black hair and very pale blue eyes. And the wonderful long, thin arches of his eyebrows. Very naive but also quite delicate, with two different blues around his collar. 4 3 8" x 4 1 8", good antique condition, with what could be a stain but seems more like a very light wash to the lower half of the paper, wrapping his shoulders.