Beautifully Carved Antique Treen Tool with Hearts, Presumed Scandanavian Clothes Roller/Folder 1870s English box And at some point in

And at some point in the process it was painted gold

I'm not great at visualizing how molds would have been used

I particularly like them opened all the way out and around again so that the knees knock and toes face

framed in gold and red velvet set in a deep case/frame

what a lot of love went into them

Beautifully Carved Antique Treen Tool with Hearts, Presumed Scandanavian Clothes Roller/Folder 1870s English box And at some point inI might have thought from the shape of this that it this was a knitting stick or sheath, used to support a needle during the process of knitting, but there is no hole in the end to receive the needle, so it's not that. Someone more knowledgable than I identifies it as 19th century Scandanavian, likely Norwegian, and a tool used for rolling or folding clothes. I just love it as an object, and i would imagine it was made by a young man as a gift for his