Don Pratt's Art Folio, Sheridan Junior High, 1938-39 wood handle Metallic thread was quite the

Metallic thread was quite the rage among the wealthy during this period--a way to display luxury and status--and was incorporated into the weaving process of tapestries

which picture a handful but not all pages

and would once have been sold along with a milk truck

pencil on construction paper

Done in graphite by a very young Maud Ryan at the dawn of the 20th century

Don Pratt's Art Folio, Sheridan Junior High, 1938-39 wood handle Metallic thread was quite theI can never leave folios of school drawings like this behind even as some of the exercises featured have become familiar to me from having handled a number of them, each remains very much its own special thing. This one was the work of a Don Pratt at Sheridan Junior High, 1938 39; I found it in Maine, but I only turn up references to a Sheridan Junior High in Sheridan, Wyoming, so maybe it had already travelled quite a ways to arrive in my hands.