Gardner B. Jolley's Very Tender Sewing Box Chair for Mother, with Portrait, 1914 tabletop chairs divided by a seam down

divided by a seam down the middle

This one—clearly hand-carved as there are carved marks all over him—is the folkiest I’ve seen among them for sure

Altogether super clean and crisp and in great condition

mouse and dog

3 1/2" t x 3 1/2" l x 1 3/8" w and in excellent vintage condition

Gardner B. Jolley's Very Tender Sewing Box Chair for Mother, with Portrait, 1914 tabletop chairs divided by a seam downA tender and heartfelt thing if I ever did see one. Surely it is Nellie Leora, mother to Gardner (I take that as a G), whose photograph is framed with wreath of braided threads at the center of chair back captured seated in a Victorian wicker chair, with book open in her hands, and very intense gaze! The rest of the chair seems all about Gardner, who embroidered the date on one side, 1914; her own age on the other, 24; and her name front and center,