Tiny Octagons, Miniature Scale 19th Century Paper Pieced Quilt-work turned wood horsehair brush but with its narrow head

but with its narrow head and long handle think it would also prove useful for all sorts of tasks

Early 20th century I believe and rendered in soft grays and browns

making the most satisfying sound

smallest 1 5/8"

and the scale allowed the carver to pack in a lot of detail

Tiny Octagons, Miniature Scale 19th Century Paper Pieced Quilt-work turned wood horsehair brush but with its narrow headTo my eye an exquisite little thing a fragment of a larger quilt, perhaps, or perhaps its maker had had enough! The method of making here was is called English paper piecing with each shape cut from a paper template, then wrapped with fabric, yielding a perfect, sharp cornered octagon. (Much more common were hexagon quilts, typically arranged in honeycomb patterns; here, because of the octagons, and their linear arrangement, the maker interspersed