Blue and Gold Antique Finely Woven Paper Cross large wooden box It appears that it once

It appears that it once carried some sort of load atop its back

Wear and some small losses long the edges

I love the fact that making these reflected an increasing popular interest in the natural world and also a greater freedom for women and girls--an excuse to venture out on their own toward to the sea

while the alternating

Blue and Gold Antique Finely Woven Paper Cross large wooden box It appears that it onceI'd never seen a woven paper cross until this summer, when I found one in Pennsylvania, and now, here, another, in just the right cobalt blue and gold, making me think of Giotto's Assisi frescoes! Beautifully done, with those wonderful thorn like flags at the end of each thin strip of paper. Lovely. 3 1 2" x 2 7 8". Very good condition on both sides.