Very Fine Cut Paper Weaving #2 handmade slides were made by Millville Bottle

were made by Millville Bottle Works in Millville New Jersey

making me think maybe a snuff box instead

Super useful still for all sorts of things including just hanging on the wall

surely glue stains

where this industry had just been shut down

Very Fine Cut Paper Weaving #2 handmade slides were made by Millville BottleI just found three of these lovely old cut paper weavings, listed individually, and think they must have been done by a very dexterous and meticulous school girl, or perhaps her teacher, as they are quite finely crafted. This and one other are a combination of black and cream, with a third that is burgundy and silver. As I list them right next to a gridded mandala painting, it occurs to me how deeply embedded is our tendency toward linear