A Very Well Dressed Man, Ink on Board Vintage Illustration small whimsy carving with bold black letters and

with bold black letters and cut to an arrow at one end

There's not a chip or crack on it that I can see

What makes them most distinctive and interesting to me--in addition to the elaborate framework he constructed around them--are the backgrounds that set them off

This is a small but stunning

with some wear to the wood and finish and  a couple of white spots near the center of one side

A Very Well Dressed Man, Ink on Board Vintage Illustration small whimsy carving with bold black letters andI found this one at Brimfield, and learned the name of the illustrator who did it, which I promptly forgot! It was someone known, though, and has the feel of a New Yorker cartoon to me, perhaps just in wait of the perfect caption! Great from cap to shoes I think, especially all that ink drawn pattern, and seems like a nice one to hang either in the dressing room, to inspire efforts toward dapperness, or near the front door to inspire preparedness for