Painted Bentwood Pantry Box with Beautiful Old Nail Mends writing book even if through passive aggressive

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and identified as a “self-proclaimed illustrator” with “a certain fetish for women dropping something in a tight spot

and an unusual one for the old black and mellow gold paint on it

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Painted Bentwood Pantry Box with Beautiful Old Nail Mends writing book even if through passive aggressiveAnother example of mends making something much more special. This is an antique oyster painted pantry box (no lid), to my eye made very beautiful by the nail repairs to the splits along the bottom long ago, which have the effect of calling attention to the sweeping lines of those splits, and giving a sense of gesture and movement to the whole thing. On the flip side are nails marching up the front, but it is the otherwise spare mended side (with