Man with Hat and Cigarette Antique Cut Paper Silhouette iron foot is nice and substantial

is nice and substantial

down to every detail

I am quite smitten with this tiny

The back of this striking rug marvelously tells the story of its making--an intense storm of yarns of every color knotted and hanging loose after having been woven to form the dense patterns on the opposite side

with their broad-brimmed hats and the bare legs of the wading figure at left

Man with Hat and Cigarette Antique Cut Paper Silhouette iron foot is nice and substantialThis silhouette came from a batch of them, most of them, but not this one, with the name of the subject written on the back. I especially like this one for the fact that the top of the subject's hat is cut off, making him feel rather larger than life, and with a profile to match. He looks a bit like a gangster to me, or at least a wheeler and dealer, and I can just imagine him trying to sell someone something with his cigarette all the while dangling