Old Handmade Cigar Box Miniature Desk (Box) antique American painting I'd guess the red lotus

I'd guess the red lotus design on this pair of vintage Japanese Uchiwa fans is a logo of some sort that corresponds with the name of a business on the back

The text that once ran along the bottom

They are in great shape

I imagine there is someone out there who really needs this

This is a circa 1896 copy of “Barnes's Elementary Geography” featuring

Old Handmade Cigar Box Miniature Desk (Box) antique American painting I'd guess the red lotusAnother super sweet piece of tabletop furniture, this one a desk lovingly made of cigar box bits and pieces, with a lift that lifts so as to, happily, function as a box. I don't think photos quite do this one justice; the wood is nicely aged with a warm dry patina, and it's of a nice scale so that one could stow some things inside. 7 7 8" w x 4 1 4" t x 6 1 16" d. I did add a couple of tiny pins to the front right corner where nails had been lost, and