Antique Scherenschnitte (Cut Paper) Collage from Victorian Scrapbook house of the seven gables box and the instructions

and the instructions

preferred over the knife

and then that eye ball looking out of the corner of the eye

and the cap on his head

and a little loss to what was surely once a sharp point at the center of the top

Antique Scherenschnitte (Cut Paper) Collage from Victorian Scrapbook house of the seven gables box and the instructionsI 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