Antique Scherenschnitte (Cut Paper) Collage from Victorian Scrapbook shoe shaped -- of this Inuit carved

-- of this Inuit carved goose

and I especially love the bit of bleed around the edges of the black black paint

which gives him a Lincoln-esque feel as well

with horizontal lines for eyes and a raised upside-down triangle for a nose

Antique Scherenschnitte (Cut Paper) Collage from Victorian Scrapbook shoe shaped -- of this Inuit carvedI never cease to be amazed by the laborious precision of antique Scherenschnitte designs like these, and love this old scrapbook composition of four examples, including a peacock! Very nicely done, and with gold paint on the bird for punctuation, and pin prick detailing on the larger flowers and peacock, all mounted to dark blue paper that was pasted into a scrapbook, with some of the opposite page visible on the backside. 6 1 2" x 4 1 4". Very good