Pretty Little 19th C. Theorem on Velvet and Silver Papered Box print of Jack Kerouac solid and stable

solid and stable

starting with what I find to be the striking beauty and evocativeness of the image

which I especially love for the hand stitching (first brown then black) holding it together from the backside--which I'd treat as the front

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Since finding a bundle of antique seaweed pressings from the Isle of Wight a few months ago

Pretty Little 19th C. Theorem on Velvet and Silver Papered Box print of Jack Kerouac solid and stableI've had a few theorem painted boxes of this sort now, c. 1880s, and will keep scooping them up when I can as I think they're lovely and make for a special means of delivering a little token of love or friendship. The corners of the lower half had split on this one, which I took the liberty of mending with transparent archival tape, shoring it up for many more years of life. With pretty silver paper on the exterior, and a pink lining to the interior