Brilliantly Hinged Old Carved Folk Art Man sampler on linen each opening measures about 1

each opening measures about 1 3/4" across at lip

14 1/8" in diameter and in good antique condition on both side

there is a little triangular bit of wood at the center that I believe serves as a bumper to keep it from knocking against the wall

and then pencil drawing the cross of the board

I think better suited for display than use

Brilliantly Hinged Old Carved Folk Art Man sampler on linen each opening measures about 1Such a fabulous fellow, to me looking like a bit professorial, and unusually and quite brilliantly hinged at the waist, which makes it easy to take a seat! It looks like he once had arms and surely feet, too, but I think he's just as well without them, such that one only needs to negotiate one moving part! Wonderfully carved head with beak like nose and ears, and what I believe was a combination of ink and graphite drawing the hair, mustache, eyes and