Painted Bentwood Pantry Box with Beautiful Old Nail Mends black rooster though I certainly admire the

though I certainly admire the incredible care and craft invested--but this old chair

I am not a great expert on portrait miniatures

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Beautiful vintage condition

Painted Bentwood Pantry Box with Beautiful Old Nail Mends black rooster though I certainly admire theAnother example of mends making something much more special. This is an antique oyster painted pantry box (no lid), to my eye made very beautiful by the nail repairs to the splits along the bottom long ago, which have the effect of calling attention to the sweeping lines of those splits, and giving a sense of gesture and movement to the whole thing. On the flip side are nails marching up the front, but it is the otherwise spare mended side (with