Brilliantly Colored Bird and Berries, Unusual Early Tinsel Painting in Original Frame boxes inside box who signed it on the

who signed it on the bird side in the same red ink he used to annotate the drawings in fancifully dotted cursive

5 7/8" tall and wide and in excellent condition

Box shows wear and a couple of repairs as documented

Great structural condition with no issued

a minor dark smudge to the paper to the right of that

Brilliantly Colored Bird and Berries, Unusual Early Tinsel Painting in Original Frame boxes inside box who signed it on theFinding this one made me realize how rare it is to come across an early folk art tinsel painting of a bird I've since found a few examples out there, notably in the collection of the American Folk Art Museum, but certainly there are hundreds of urns of flowers and fruit for every bird on branch! And what a bird, neck and breast and tail feathers a colorful, scalloped patchwork of shimmery foils showing through the reverse painted glass. And those red