Lovely, Delicate Old Hand-cut Brown Paper Quilting Template pheasant oil on poplar wood panel

oil on poplar wood panel

It's the wonderful work of Emile Bluteau (1931-

late 19th century so so I believe--but I think its maker did not fully consider the need to leave unpainted areas for the foil to show and shimmer through

including for the bit of wood extending at top left

Lovely, Delicate Old Hand-cut Brown Paper Quilting Template pheasant oil on poplar wood panelI think this is really beautiful, with details giving a better sense of the paper, with what looks like blue watercolor around the edges, which is what must have been used to draw the outlines, free hand it would seem, before cutting it out. A few more PA quilting templates listed today but I believe this one older than those, and especially delicate. Found carefully folded up as shown pretty amazing it has survived all in one pieces, with no evident