Antique Folded Paper Cuts - Set of Three christmas drawing Mann attended the Pratt Institute

Mann attended the Pratt Institute

where it appears there may have been a bit of gold or glitter used also

(It looks/feels to me like the yellow detail on the sides is some a sort of wax that resists paint or scraping

and then more French knots decorating his tall pointy hat

including to find out that it is quite the rare collector's item

Antique Folded Paper Cuts - Set of Three christmas drawing Mann attended the Pratt InstituteLovely things, and if I were smart I would put them in a nice old frame, but I do try to keep things simple. Late 19th c. or so, I believe, and cut of a thin, natural colored paper perhaps by a kindergarten teacher or perhaps as love tokens of sorts, I am not completely sure. I purchased these from the collection of the late Elizabeth Baird, a lifetime collector of fine ephemera and valentines, and personally view them as in the latter category. I'll