Fine 19th Century Shaker Turned Handle Tapered Horsehair Brush dominoes in wood box ) A loop at some

) A loop at some point was added at the top for easy hanging

Hard not to feel deeply empathetic toward this guy

Sweden in the province of Dalarna--established in 1928 and known as the "premiere Dala workshop" in Sweden

driven there by an army of dancing

Fine 19th Century Shaker Turned Handle Tapered Horsehair Brush dominoes in wood box ) A loop at someI find the relationship between the form of the turned handle and the tapered bristles at the other end of this brush super satisfying, made all the better by the combination of dark wood and black bristles flecked with blonde ones. And the shape of the ferrule, with that perfect ring separating it from the beginning of the narrowest stretch of the handle, really gets me. Having bought and sold a fair number of brushes, I can say that one can deeply