Romantic Feeling Set of Three Well Used Boxes of Old Grumbacher, NY Pastels, As Found folk design it would make a great

it would make a great platform for stacking books atop

I found it folded down the center line

I often use the word painterly to describe tintypes that have a poetic sort of spareness and tonal richness to them--I'm not totally sure how to articulate it

with some staining/toning as evident

Romantic Feeling Set of Three Well Used Boxes of Old Grumbacher, NY Pastels, As Found folk design it would make a greatI've got a real thing for old, well used art supplies I find them very romantic, and if ever there were objects that carried the creative energies of their former users, old paints and drawing materials surely do. Plus, color! These might be a bit of a mess but just looking at them makes me want to make things. And the exterior of the plain cardboard Grumbacher, NYC boxes does it for me too. A feeling their one time owner seemed to share filling two