Second of Two Last Batches of Antique Cut Paper Animals - Silhouettes folk art decoy The house was drawn by

The house was drawn by hand

Looks like an old restoration to the surface of the bottom right corner

and one wonders a bit about the fate of this baby

silvery and with fantastic tonal richness and detail to the dense matrix of spindly trees and branches

Second of Two Last Batches of Antique Cut Paper Animals - Silhouettes folk art decoy The house was drawn byTwo last groups of these cut paper animals today; I listed several groups of them a month or two ago, all found together, but held onto some to enjoy a bit longer. Perhaps a menagerie of cut paper animals would not set everyone's heart racing, but they sure do for me, pure joy, c. 1900 or so. My guess is perhaps a school project many years ago though these at least look very much like the work of a teacher, with the fine motor skills to do some very