Irma Virtanem's Very Sweet Crayon Drawings Sketcbook antique wooden spindles which were made to be

which were made to be worn on a belt

which to me aligns it with the chip-carved patterns of tramp art frames and boxes

which looks to be the remnant of what was once a strip that ran all along the crack

Really a cool piece

Irma Virtanem's Very Sweet Crayon Drawings Sketcbook antique wooden spindles which were made to beQuite a charmer this sketchbook, full of crayon drawings by a young Irma Virtanem of Finland, c. 1920s 40s I believe. The mother mouse surrounded by baby mice may be my favorite, but the rainbow colored sun rising over a native woman with skis in hand is my favorite too! And lots of other good ones clocks and vases of flowers and Turra Linna (Turku Castle) and houses and gardens and horse barns and more. Plus what looks like an ice cream sandwich!?