Folky Homemade Bookshelf with Carved Squirrels folk art wooden cutout Perhaps my favorite thing about

Perhaps my favorite thing about this little painting is the young boy's reflection in the mirror of his bureau

feeling perhaps like workers' housing

or in the kitchen by the kettle or pots and pans

I think perhaps many things at once

A wonderfully curious little carved bust

Folky Homemade Bookshelf with Carved Squirrels folk art wooden cutout Perhaps my favorite thing aboutI found this one at Brimfield in the booth of a delightful seller who always has charming things; it was filled end to end with a bunch of old children's books, but happily she was willing to relocate those into a big pile and let me steal the shelf away, as I'm pretty smitten with these squirrels! Made with lots of love I'd bet by a parent or grandparent as a gift for a young child in the 1940s or 50s, with mellow gold paint on the exterior of the