Uncommon Old Sleeve Stretcher with Graceful Lines and Warm Patina santa watercolor long beard

long beard

which evolved from the German word "putzen" meaning to clean or to decorate—as beginning in the late 19th c

with a path between them leading through a mountainous landscape

A few chips around the base and to the (excellent) hair

though I'd like the think the narrow framing was perhaps her own

Uncommon Old Sleeve Stretcher with Graceful Lines and Warm Patina santa watercolor long beardThis feels to me akin to Shaker sweater stretchers and the mitten stretchers I listed last week too; this one with a strong tension to the hinged metal strips held between gracefully arching and tapering pieces of pine, which would be inserted inside a sleeve and then released to pull it taut. And it's one that feels like a graceful three dimensional line drawing to me, and with a terrific warm, dry wood patina to the pine, too. 22 1 2" l x 10" w