Miss Elsie Larue Moyer's Charming Drawing of Young Couple on Fabric figure illustrations gives it a sort of

gives it a sort of grotesque sweetness that I think makes it pretty much perfect

and the only hardware anywhere are tiny brass nails securing the chip carved layers

these boxes feature in museum collections around the world

S during the late 19th and early 20th century

but I think it is pretty terrific

Miss Elsie Larue Moyer's Charming Drawing of Young Couple on Fabric figure illustrations gives it a sort ofPerhaps it is young Elsie herself pictured in this wonderful schoolgirl drawing, with this great blue dress, big bow in her hair, and rather quizzical expression on her face, with one big eye looking straight at us! Her companion, in his smart brown suit, looks somewhat more certain, and looks to me rather smitten with Miss Elsie! Rather unusual, at least to my knowledge, in being executed on cloth, which has a bit of a sheen to it, perhaps sateen,