SOLD Woman in Chair with Heart in Hand, Presumed c. 17th Century Weaving Tool naive watercolor drawing given Ella's note

given Ella's note

Pretty fun then to open it up to discover the Boston-based drink company's complete 1904 advertising tune

and an old fold line at upper left

Sturdy and with no issues

The fact that a few different companies produced these

SOLD Woman in Chair with Heart in Hand, Presumed c. 17th Century Weaving Tool naive watercolor drawing given Ella's noteThis is the find this week that excited excites! me most what a marvelous carving! It also remains a bit of a mystery. My guess is that it was made as a weaving tool, with the lower half seeming likely meant for winding yarn or thread around, and it clearly shows a great deal of handling, the the wood smoothed and softened around the edges over many many years. It also seems that the back of her "chair" doubled as a sort of loop, either for threading