Kissing Couple, Mid-Late 1800s' Colored Ink Folk Art Drawing by Wayne B. Blouch, Lancaster, PA antique floral painting The drawers

The drawers

which became an important export crop to Europe beginning in the 16th century--very desirable for its extraordinary combination of strength

and in great shape to hold the pages of a great American novel yet to be written

The propeller is held to the mount by a wire with a couple of spacers in between the two (see photos)

a version of which is featured in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum

Kissing Couple, Mid-Late 1800s' Colored Ink Folk Art Drawing by Wayne B. Blouch, Lancaster, PA antique floral painting The drawersWhat a kiss! And what a couple! And what a great intertwining of stripes, as well as tongues!:) Poor little doggy, though, feeling left out of the action. This and several others I am listing came from a portfolio of drawings by Pennsylvania folk outsider artist Wayne B. Blouch of Lancaster, PA, purchased from the estate of art professor & art historian Jill McKeever Furst, who taught at Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia, PA for over 10