Herkules Style Looped Wire Rug Beater with Wooden Handle stunning rug This 1911 special edition of

This 1911 special edition of Longfellow’s "Voices of the Night" features a padded white cover with great gold text and flourishes framing a river view

before rules changed to 4/3 in 1888

I'd say this little piece really captures a sense of "bear-ness"

But pretty wonderful

Herkules Style Looped Wire Rug Beater with Wooden Handle stunning rug This 1911 special edition ofI'd never seen a rug beater like this before when I found it, and just fell in love with the look of it, with its elegant form and especially that beautiful tightly looping wire, which casts a pretty wonderful shadow. I've since learned this is called a Herkules rug beater, and that these are made, usually in German, for pretty heavy duty rug beating! The shape of this one is the loveliest I've seen, with an especially long wire neck giving it lots of