Antique Cast Iron Western Style Boots Match Safe architectural It folds back up elegantly

It folds back up elegantly to form a rectangular box with perfectly square sides

And he reminds me of a Carl Aubock sculpture in his simple but just-right form and weight

and doesn't seem especially fragile

While the season for fanning my be over

This piece is very finely woven in wool on a cotton weft

Antique Cast Iron Western Style Boots Match Safe architectural It folds back up elegantlyI've found a few twins of these old cast iron boots, dating them to sometime between the 1850s and the late 1800s, when apparently they were commonly seen in saloons and cigar shops, where they functioned as match holders. I do rather love the vision of a series of them lined up along the bar in a lively saloon somewhere out west, serving up matches to cowboys! Especially fun with this pair is that the bolts that secure the boots to their iron base