SOLD Wonderful 19th C. American Folk Art Painted Iron Wall Six Hook Hanging Rack antique award The idea of a sit

The idea of a sit down dinner party seems a remote notion as a post these during Corona lockdown

Box measures 9 1/2" x 6 5/8"

There is some loss of paint

or the father in a different way

This one is all about that single puff of cloud for me

SOLD Wonderful 19th C. American Folk Art Painted Iron Wall Six Hook Hanging Rack antique award The idea of a sitAmong my very favorites of the week, and ever what a marvelous combination of functional form and exuberant expression. And it is old. I presume the zigzag snaking of the iron wire arching between the vertical and horizontal parts of the hanger was meant to help lend stability and balance against the wall (increasing surface area a bit), but what a joyful way to do it (and it reads almost as if two heads facing each other, noses touching, too.) Then