SOLD Primitive Old Make Do Table with Fantastic Checkerboard Painted Surface fifteen puzzle like all of the rest

like all of the rest of the seam

to the drape of her shawl

are not what I imagine when I think of Russia

There is a bit of a glare on a few of the photos

quite lovely

SOLD Primitive Old Make Do Table with Fantastic Checkerboard Painted Surface fifteen puzzle like all of the restNo way could I resist the surface on this one. It's a child scale table, with the three boards on top I might guess cut down from something else with the paint already on them. whatever the case, the salmon colored squares against black field really do it for me! (It seems the salmon paint stain came first, with the squares masked out and the black paint applied.) The legs of the table were hand carved, tapering toward the ends, with one leaning in a