It looks like the interior boxes once had pulls (I'd guess maybe just pins/nails)
though he's got a pretty empathetic face
and this blue painted easel really makes me want to make something
A year or two ago I purchased a bundle of drawings I learned afterwards were/are the work of Bill Anthony
with an alphabet running A to R (clearly there was never more than that) and then this terrific monogram MAM at center
Most Wonderful Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Carved Woman with Hand Wrapping Waist old retablo painting It looks like the interiorShe IS my favorite Brimfield find, purchased from a Pennsylvania based dealer, and I am pretty certain of Pennsylvania, probably around Lancaster county. Small in scale, which makes her feel all the more special, so tenderly and delicately carved, with marvelous features and details including very tiny waist! In addition to her humble, open face, and the arm bent at elbow to wrap her waist, I really really love the carving of her lower body, hips and