Van Everens Visiting Cards, Grand Central Hotel, c. 1880s Business Card with Anamorphic Text folk art wooden rabbit Drawing itself paper size is

Drawing itself paper size is 3"x3"

Paper size 2 7/8" x 2 1/8"

Both once wound up but the tiny keys are long gone

" A really wonderful little thing

Van Everens Visiting Cards, Grand Central Hotel, c. 1880s Business Card with Anamorphic Text folk art wooden rabbit Drawing itself paper size isThis is the first example of anamorphic text I've had, though I will definitely be on the hunt for others. By viewing the text from an angle (holding it almost flat on its side), all those abstract lines form words. Here, it reads "Van Everens Visiting Cards" from one direction, and then "Central" from the short side, and then "Grand" and "Hotel" from the corner angles. (I did my best to photograph, but it's a bit easier in hand.) Analog magic, pretty