Primitive Handmade Horsehair Drafting Brush woman with children Both sides of this bag

Both sides of this bag feature matching

joined to one another by small nails and then by four pieces of wire strung through holes and neatly twisted along the bottom edge

but with its solid black ground also looks really sharp against crisp white bedding

There are a few unruly bristles but the head of the brush is very full and it is in overall very good condition

used for shaping sheet metal

Primitive Handmade Horsehair Drafting Brush woman with children Both sides of this bagI've had told this wonderful old handmade brush with long, snake like handle is a drafting brush, used for sweeping eraser crumbs off of blueprints, and indeed it would be useful for that though also be good for cobweb sweeping in high places! I just love how primitive and sculptural an object is, with those great wire stitches holding the bristles in place. This one has a hole near the end, making it all the easier to hang from the wall to admire! 24