Marvelous Double Sided Antique PA Folk Art Box with Inlaid Horses carved. boot with some holes in the

with some holes in the stocking testifying to some moths or something nibbling away at it at some point--unless it was a hole-y stocking to begin with

I would guess these date to the 60s or early 70s

showing the very very extensive and very intensive rasping of the iron used to give it scales

a tear to the canvas along the upper left edge and wrapped side

Louis Art Museum

Marvelous Double Sided Antique PA Folk Art Box with Inlaid Horses carved. boot with some holes in theAmong 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