Graphically Satisfying and Creatively Useful Chicago Curtain Stretcher Co. Hostess Doily Stretcher vintage color chart and the roof lifts off

and the roof lifts off should one wish to store some animals inside for the winter

or paint or wallpaper--or carve

It rather surprised me to turn this drawing over to find that it was done by a Mel Crabtree at the age of 38

3 1/16" t x 1 3/4" w and in excellent vintage condition

Graphically Satisfying and Creatively Useful Chicago Curtain Stretcher Co. Hostess Doily Stretcher vintage color chart and the roof lifts offImagine a time when people women, largely were so committed to having crisp and perfectly round doilies that they would own a board like patented in 1940 by the Chicago Curtain Stretcher Co. and sold at Montgomery Ward. Easier. More effective and efficient than ironing, apparently; a necessity for the perfect hostess the name would imply. But maybe, when husbands were at the office, women got together and threw darts at it! Now, quite a excellent