SOLD Wonderful 19th C. American Folk Art Painted Iron Wall Six Hook Hanging Rack antique award which is totally radiant

which is totally radiant

whether French or English or otherwise

as the wealthy faced no real risk of going hungry

The rest of the rich

though I think it would also read like pure  sculpture if hung 60 inches center on a white gallery wall

SOLD Wonderful 19th C. American Folk Art Painted Iron Wall Six Hook Hanging Rack antique award which is totally radiantAmong my very favorites of the week, and ever what a marvelous combination of functional form and exuberant expression. And it is old. I presume the zigzag snaking of the iron wire arching between the vertical and horizontal parts of the hanger was meant to help lend stability and balance against the wall (increasing surface area a bit), but what a joyful way to do it (and it reads almost as if two heads facing each other, noses touching, too.) Then