Dramatic Old Folk Art Very Heavy Soldered Iron Cross seagrass from the photos and figurines

from the photos and figurines on the mantle to the pictures hanging on the walls to the wallpaper trim around the ceiling to the room beyond the tasseled pulled back curtain

minor dings

This manner of beading was introduced to Gujarat in the 19th century by merchants

and stands up on its own when open

With great graphic appeal

Dramatic Old Folk Art Very Heavy Soldered Iron Cross seagrass from the photos and figurinesWeighing in at almost nine pounds, this cross is not to be moved! I love it for its emphatic materiality, and dramatic tilt (seems very Rock of Ages to me, as if Faith herself should be clinging to it amid a stormy sea). And I love it for all the effort put into all that soldering around the base, looking like the roots of trees (or streaming seaweed.) All of which, together with a sort of God's Eye at the center, adds up to a super folky but also