Tie Hamghr, Wonderfully Tender, Naive 1934 Iroquois Beadwork on Silk Hanger photo print and color of the paint

and color of the paint just radiant

I believe these are antique penny toys

This is a very early (c

I of course also love it for its moments of disruption and improvisatory problem solving—a small green square within in a yellow one

This 1911 special edition of Longfellow’s "Voices of the Night" features a padded white cover with great gold text and flourishes framing a river view

Tie Hamghr, Wonderfully Tender, Naive 1934 Iroquois Beadwork on Silk Hanger photo print and color of the paintIf ever the were a tie hanger made for me, this would most definitely be it. Amid a bunch of tender feeling things this week, I find this perhaps the most touching of all, and as I've said before, there is nothing I love more than an example of heartfelt, earnest hard trying. Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), in the manner of beadwork made for the tourist trade around Niagara Falls, but an especially naive example, perhaps made as a gift from a young maker to