it is in good antique condition
woven I believe with a wool weft on a cotton warp
angular nose and pronounced philtrum terminating in a tightly pursed mouth
A sort of haunting specter of another era
This is a great large Penobscot (Native New England) splint ash and sweetgrass basket woven around a clear glass vase
Forest Craft Guild Arts & Crafts Letter Holder by Forest Mann, 1910s tiny animal it is in good antiqueThis is a very lovely Arts & Crafts letter holder by Forest Mann, who operated Forest Craft Guild in Grand Rapid Michigan, 1905 1918. An elegant form with perfect patina, and quintessentially Arts & Crafts triangle shaped cutouts with slightly rounded corners along the front. Born in 1879, Mann attended the Pratt Institute, NY, where he was a student of Arthur Wesley Dow. After graduating, he taught Arts & Crafts classes in Dayton, Ohio, and founded