Dramatic Old Folk Art Very Heavy Soldered Iron Cross seagrass Some pencil writing on first

Some pencil writing on first few pages too

from the photos and figurines on the mantle to the pictures hanging on the walls to the wallpaper trim around the ceiling to the room beyond the tasseled pulled back curtain

and a little wear around the edges of the label

With great graphic appeal

minor dings

Dramatic Old Folk Art Very Heavy Soldered Iron Cross seagrass Some pencil writing on firstWeighing in at almost nine pounds, this cross is not to be moved! I love it for its emphatic materiality, and dramatic tilt (seems very Rock of Ages to me, as if Faith herself should be clinging to it amid a stormy sea). And I love it for all the effort put into all that soldering around the base, looking like the roots of trees (or streaming seaweed.) All of which, together with a sort of God's Eye at the center, adds up to a super folky but also