Wilson's Albany Strawberries, 19th Century Hand-Stenciled and Hand-painted Horticultural Salesman Sample Print save the wood Like three separate choreographed vignettes

Like three separate choreographed vignettes sharing the same frame: young women in foreground (with great faces

embellished with small circular mirrors

I've got a special weakness for string wound around scraps of wood

I found these both digging through one old box

or perhaps by a couple of different makers

Wilson's Albany Strawberries, 19th Century Hand-Stenciled and Hand-painted Horticultural Salesman Sample Print save the wood Like three separate choreographed vignettesJust in time for strawberry season, and a very juicy looking bunch! I've had a few examples of this sort before (including some Empire State grapes listed last week) created, by hand, using stencils and watercolor, for a salesman sample type horticultural specimen catalogue. The way the leaves were done here is typical of these, but the red of the berries themselves here is unusually thick and lush just perfect for rendering strawberries. With ink