Gold Painted Tramp Art Rail and Cross emile bluteau There is some vertical rippling

There is some vertical rippling to the paper toward the right side of the image

12 1/4" long overall x 2 1/8" across at widest

Two appendixes cover the uses of lettering in book bindings

and I think it's a terrific

this is a piece that I think only  becomes richer and more affecting the more time one spends with it

Gold Painted Tramp Art Rail and Cross emile bluteau There is some vertical ripplingNot sure what this was once a part of, but I think it's pretty good just as it, such that it might serve as the backdrop for a little nativity scene or Christmas village or, my preference, flock of carved animals, and 'tis the season! Nice construction of the rail, too, with cutout niches in the bottom piece into which the cross bars neatly fit, and standing up sturdy and stable on its own. 14 5 8" l x 7 1 2" t x 7 8" d and in very good structural