Group of Three Pennsylvania Cut Cardboard Quilting Stencils chair sc ulpture Completely indestructible

Completely indestructible

19 1/8" x 13 1/8"

with these very dense webs of tendrils evoking all sorts of things

I have long wanted to find a painting on an old painter's palette

and believe it is carved of oak

Group of Three Pennsylvania Cut Cardboard Quilting Stencils chair sc ulpture Completely indestructibleThese are three hand cut cardboard quilting templates, used as patterns primarily for cutting fabric for piecing. (There are some gorgeous early examples of these cut of tin, which I covet but which have become very very precious.) I can't resist them when I come across them, and am inclined just to pin them directly to the wall; joyful things. I'd guess these date to the 1930s 40s or so. Found in Lancaster County PA, of course. Round: 6 1 2" d;