Folk Art
Made by Hand, Folk Art, Whimsy
c1865. In two (2) shapes and sizes. The first are 2" in diameter sawtooth cut circles with graduated circles of white paper and red fabric. The larger are 2 3/4" x 3 1/4" heart shapes. All of the layers are stitched in place with thread.
Price: $475.00
Paper-cuts, Make-do
Sixteen (16) different paper-cuts and accessories. They are 'make-do' as previously printed publications were used to cut the paper. There are 8 horses, 2 dogs, coaches, wagons, Finally they is an array of saddles, blankets and bridles to 'accessorize' the animals. The copybook was found with the paper-cuts and belonged.....
Price: $1,000.00
Scherenschnitte, Putnam-Houser House
A grouping of materials belonging to John D. Ripley found by a descendant among papers in the of the Putnam-Houser House in 1981. Contents include:A 12” x 15” scherenschnitte or cut-work paper valentine with elongated floral design and circular decorative elements at border. Center has a hand-penned verse reading “This.....
Price: $1,300.00
American Folk Music,American Popular Culture and Identity,Hutchinson Family Singers,Tickets and Programs
New York, New York: Tribune Print, 1843. A concert program and admit one ticket from an 1843 farewell concert given in New York by the famed Hutchinson Family Singers. The event was held on May 25, 1843 at the Society Library Room, 348 Broadway. The group was tremendously popular at.....
Price: $325.00
Cutwork Paper, Regency Era, Women's Work
[1815]. Four (4) different examples of intricate cutting done from a single sheet of paper. All oval in shape with an array of stylized elements from nature. All delicately designed and cut in a organized and somewhat geometric chaos. Each measures approximately 5" x 3 1/2" The paper most likely.....
Price: $900.00
Camps for Girls, Female Friendship
Elk Lake, Michigan: Chippewa Trails Camp for Girls, 1936. Typewritten/mimeographed menu and toast program for the 1936 Chippewa Trail Banquet, held by the Chippewa Trails Camp for Girls in 1936. The wrappers have been hand-lettered and decorated with colored pencil, with the attendee's name in the lower right-hand corner: B[arbara].....
Price: $85.00
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Cut Paper Silhouettes,Cutwork,Pastoral and Bucolic Scenes
England: c.1856. A remarkable collection of small cut paper silhouettes made by a single (most likely female) creator around 1856. In total there are approx. thirty-nine (39) cut paper silhouettes, interleaved with approx. 3-4 examples of pressed flowers and moss specimens labeled in pencil (including one labeled "from the Crimea").....
Price: $3,200.00
Almanac,Folk Calendar,Anthropomorphized Frog
Wurzburg, Germany: Stahel [?], 1876. A whimsical folk calendar and almanac published in Germany in 1876, themed around a humorous anthropomorphized frog. Content includes calendar and astrological information; important religious holidays; farming and weather forecasting; conversion tables; humorous stories and poems; cartoons; puzzles and amusements. Title page features a large.....
Price: $175.00
Valentine's Day, Love and Friendship, Work's by Children
United States: 1870s-1900s. A gathering of eight (8) handmade Valentines produced between 1870 and the early 1900s. Each unique and colorful example employs cut or folded paper techniques and/or Victorian scraps. Some have short messages inscribed in ink. Together, they form a lovely representation of the practice of hand-making Valentines.....
Price: $175.00
Articulated paper toy, articulated paper doll, jointed paper doll, whimsy, hand made paper doll
A truly fanciful fellow with a printed face,and card stock body parts that have been decorated with applied and layered polished and foiled papers. His exaggerated hat has a large applied flower. His bodice begins with pleated paper dickey and velvet bow tie; a crest is applied beneath the dickey.....
Price: $750.00
ABAA-HOLIDAY-2025,cutwork paper, scherenschnitte, canivet, made by hand, folk art
c1810. A 6 1/2" cut paper scene with three (3) birds perched on tree branches on a 10" x 8 1/4" backing sheet. The bodies are constructed of razor feather cuts and pinprick feet. Miniature feather cuts around the eye. Done in the style of Elizabeth Cobbold...
Price: $750.00
Love and Friendship, Folk Art, Made by Hand, Hearts & Hair
April 14, 1861. An 8" x 10" piece with 44 geometrically positioned saw-tooth cut hearts in various colors with a plaited eternal ring of hair at center with a cut-out embossed flower at center and a pointing object at base near title. . IA verse in faint ink in background.....
Price: $500.00
Menu
A single-fold 7" x 6 1/4" menu designed with naive hand drawn images of the French countryside, with wine as a central theme. Each vignette is captions in French. The caption at top is "Gloire au vin". Menu printed in script. Dinners were 60 or 85 cents. Complete wine list.....
Price: $75.00
Woven Paper, Love and Friendship, Paper Pocket
[1850s]. An intricately woven paper pocket cut in the shape of a heart with saw tooth border cuts. One side is has painted border decoration and a polka dot painted design on the weaving. The reverse has checkerboard style painting at the base with polka dot emphasis. Measures 4 1/2".....
Price: $325.00
French Card Game,Original Artwork
France: 1860s. An elegantly rendered 19th-century French handmade card game with fine original gouache artwork, comprised of sixty (60) cards. Most likely a homemade variation of a "Memory" or "Keep Your Temper" style game where the object is to make the most matches or tricks. There are twelve (12) different.....
Price: $625.00
Cut Paper,Paper Play Sets
United States: 1890s? A charming paper play set made by a child from cut paper with pencil artwork, including a husband and wife, horse, and a working movable cart. The cart has been cleverly designed (perhaps with the aid of an adult) from two paper wheels and a folded paper.....
Price: $350.00
Macramé, Knotting, Victoriana, 1970s, Made by Hand
[1970s]. A 6 3/4" x 8 3/4" sample book with 10 different examples of fine macramé knotting. Worked in white and/or white and red. Narrow gauge cord. Most measure approximately 3 1/2" x 2 1/2". The largest is 5" x 5". Fabric covered album with shoelace binding. Some of the.....
Price: $250.00
Love Knot,Folk Art,Token of Affection
United States: [1850]. A clever love knot, made from interlocking ribbons of text. To read the message, the reader must turn the paper continuously. The message reads: "Make our earthly souls a field which God delights to bless Let us [?] season yield the fruits of righteousness Make us trees.....
Price: $400.00
Stone Fruit,Carving, Folk Art,Americana
United States: c.1900. An impossibly small and adorable miniature basket, hand carved from a peach pit and measuring approx. 0.5" by 0.5". A nice example of folk art, showing the unnamed maker's skill and whimsy. Would be perfect for a doll house.
Price: $400.00
Made by Children
United States: c.1900. Naive folk art paper horse, hand cut from what appears to be a handwritten letter or other manuscript waste. The child has carefully outlined the animal in pencil before coloring it in with dark red brown watercolor. Measures approx. 2.5" by 2"
Price: $65.00
Nursery Rhymes,Storytelling,Cut Paper Art
United States: c.1900? A skillful collection of folk art nursery rhyme scenes, showcasing one maker's talent for storytelling through the art of cut paper. Each example has been created by folding black construction paper several times, making one or more cuts on one or two edges only, then unfolding the.....
Price: $550.00
Cutwork,Nature
[Pennsylvania?]: 1860s. Small folk art example of "scherenschnitte", or hand cut paper art. This example was folded before being hand-cut resulting in the beautifully symmetric design here. Depicts a tree with two birds and a bright star at the top of the branches. Mounted on light blue construction paper measuring.....
Price: $75.00
Love & Friendship, Original Watercolor, Folk Art, Eternal Knot of Love
c1840s. A 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" hand penned and watercolor eternal knot of love with a continuous intersection verse committing one's affection. Of particular note in this love knot is the paired illustrations in the central grid. They include pairs or couples; a man and a woman, hands, hearts.....
Price: $725.00
Original Watercolor,Greeting Card,Bookmark
United States: c.1900. A delicate and charming original watercolor on die-cut card, offering an Easter greeting ("Bright be thy Easter") alongside a sprig of Forget-Me-Nots and a country sunset. It is accompanied by a light green-blue silk bookmark with fringe decorated by the same artist in watercolor, with a sprig.....
Price: $55.00