Farm barn scale 19th H145cm

To make the short scale, a small fairytale scale late 19th to 4 wooden bars of branches, covered with gesso possibly - or plaster milk, painted an old black of burnt wood, and old white at the top, cracked, stained, striped with gaps, scales, shards, an inimitable patina of useful and beautiful farm object. The most secret is at the top: a rolled zinc strip, nailed like a garland around the left mount to strengthen it, between bars 3 and 4 by thirty cm. Absolute poetry of popular art, poetry of useful objects, humble and precious, patched up to hold on to a nobility that did not imagine its incredible beauty. Obviously in his juice. The other rounds, which were certainly missing, and worn out by the galoches that went up and down. This ladder was designed and manufactured at this tiny height. Or was she driving, so small Perhaps at the barn platform where hay was put (and the farm boy's hair mattress?) because it has not been modified - given the width of its base. Height 145cm. Width 50cm at the bottom, 16cm at the top. Exceptional piece - to carry under the arm, the poetry is light!.

Ref. : E32CC225