Wonderful and Unusual Carved Soapstone Folk Art "1603" Church antique mourning picture 19 1/8" t x 11

19 1/8" t x 11 1/2" w x 7" d

18 3/8" l x 1 3/4" wide and deep

as in Chicago's Field Museum or the Museum of Natural History

In an ebonized wooden frame

I would frame this and hang it in the kitchen and be happy every time I looked at it

Wonderful and Unusual Carved Soapstone Folk Art "1603" Church antique mourning picture 19 1/8" t x 11I've seen a few miniature books carved of soapstone, and of course lots of Inuit sculpture, but I've never seen a house or a church or other sort of architectural structure as far as I know. This particular church feels close kin to the naive drawings of churches and houses and towns from long ago that I love so much, and with a compelling play of flatness and depth to it too, as if veering back and forth between drawing or sculpture. With a lot of