Beautiful Old Woven Metal Trivet 1890s the delicate white flowers of

the delicate white flowers of which are counterpointed by their thorny stalks

for Max Schmeling

and are numbered on the undersides

but the booklet is holding together well and individual drawings are in good shape

Beautiful Old Woven Metal Trivet 1890s the delicate white flowers ofI really love this thing, which I believe was made to be a trivet, woven of cut metal strips of varying lengths, folded over at the ends to hold it together. I believe the metal is tin, and think it was likely a make do creation (I have had one other similar, also found in Maine and perhaps done by the same maker years ago) transforming scraps into something remarkably beautiful and satisfying in a very tramp art sort of way. (It also of course