Pair of Antique Super Minimal Noisemakers travel sewing kit as if emerging from a

as if emerging from a long journey at sea

The first thing I thought when I spotted this chair (purchased from a dealer with fabulous things in Medina

or to frame up a few together

I also like that this buttoned up boy looks as much like a grown man as he does a young child--to me appearing as if well on his way to become a suburban banker

though I'm not entirely sure how this shadow of a letter came to be

Pair of Antique Super Minimal Noisemakers travel sewing kit as if emerging from aIt doesn't get much more elemental than these when it comes to producing a clack or clap, which is what I love about them the most pared down (and I think very elegant) solutions to the task. The one at right shows a patent date of 1890, and is nothing more than a round glob of lead at the end of a tin strip, tethered by another tin strip to a piece of wood. (Happily, one can move the strip up and down, varying a bit the tone produced.) The other is