AM's Early School Slate with Unusual Make Do Leather and Square Nail Repair painted tin rooster with what I find beautiful

with what I find beautiful softening to the once bright primary colors

though apart from the queen

all the way around

or just set somewhere

AM's Early School Slate with Unusual Make Do Leather and Square Nail Repair painted tin rooster with what I find beautifulIf I had the space, I would fill a whole wall with antique school slates with mends and carved in marks of all sorts. So much life and artful repair born of necessity embedded in them. As it is, I am always looking. Rare in my experience to find one with a repair done in leather, which is what makes this one particularly special to me. Attached by three square nails, each nail backed by a leather round in front of the larger leather triangle, which