Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight, #2 fraction teaching and the bulk of a

and the bulk of a letter inside

The painting dates to the early 1900s and was done by French artist Pierre Albert Leroux (1890-1959)

making them a really perfect deck to keep handy for frequent readings

but I rather love it

with a cigarette rest on either side--but now would also make a great little tray for business cards

Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight, #2 fraction teaching and the bulk of aThis is one of a handful of small seaweed pressings I purchased together, which I think are just exquisitely beautiful! A few of them are signed and dated at bottom, others like this one initialed on back (C. A. S), so they represent the work of a few different people, most likely young women, among whom seaweed collecting and pressing was quite the thing during the Victorian era. I love the fact that making these represented not just a burgeoning