Black Cat Stalking Black Bird, Marvelous Antique Cut Paper Card with Graphite Drawing Harold Brown drawing but great color still

but great color still

with birds on all sides

I first purchased a batch of heart pips from this very same deck from a seller in Holland

It was tagged as a meat tenderizer and I would guess that's right

Approx 4 1/4" cubed

Black Cat Stalking Black Bird, Marvelous Antique Cut Paper Card with Graphite Drawing Harold Brown drawing but great color stillMarvelous, and very exactingly executed, this is a cut paper work on on laid paper with graphite drawn details, c. late 19th century I believe. Photos give a good sense, including of the construction, with very thin strips of paper left in place crossing the body of the cat, inked black to match (and disappear against) the black paper behind. Unusual in my experience to see a combination of drawing and paper cutting scherenschnitte, quite excellent.